diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab649cee6cefdbef43b8ebfb56050479e52291f0..361bc83e5ff1b55d41e2dab2c1a85643bb4f6188 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Because all dependencies are handled by Maven, a complete build is done with:
 
 	mvn install
 
-*Note:* Java 1.7 JDK is required and must be installed prior to building
+*Note:* Java 1.8 JDK is required and must be installed prior to building
 ARSnova.
 
 ### Requirements
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 22ce34749fb3bf671ea329db2eeda1645a9e00a0..dba35808cc95894cb1bd2b7ac7a14796175247c4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>9.2.19.v20160908</version>
+				<version>9.3.12.v20160915</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<scanIntervalSeconds>1</scanIntervalSeconds>
 					<webApp>
@@ -333,11 +333,11 @@
 						<webInfIncludeJarPattern>^$</webInfIncludeJarPattern>
 					</webApp>
 					<contextHandlers>
-						<contextHandler implementation="org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
+						<contextHandler implementation="org.eclipse.jetty.maven.plugin.JettyWebAppContext">
 							<contextPath>/mobile</contextPath>
 							<resourceBase>${mobile.path}</resourceBase>
 						</contextHandler>
-						<contextHandler implementation="org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
+						<contextHandler implementation="org.eclipse.jetty.maven.plugin.JettyWebAppContext">
 							<contextPath>/customization</contextPath>
 							<resourceBase>${customization.path}</resourceBase>
 						</contextHandler>