diff --git a/gwt-material/pom.xml b/gwt-material/pom.xml
index 2892bc6e2..3fc27d642 100644
--- a/gwt-material/pom.xml
+++ b/gwt-material/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${gwt-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                <version>${gwt.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02c400b23..d414441e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <source.version>1.8</source.version>
         <target.version>1.8</target.version>
-        <gwt.version>2.8.0</gwt.version>
-        <gwt-maven-plugin.version>2.8.0</gwt-maven-plugin.version>
+        <gwt.version>2.8.1</gwt.version>
         <gwt.style>OBF</gwt.style>
     </properties>
 
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${gwt-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                    <version>${gwt.version}</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <style>${gwt.style}</style>
                     </configuration>