diff --git a/samples/expenses/pom.xml b/samples/expenses/pom.xml
index 46396ef..4ae585b 100644
--- a/samples/expenses/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/expenses/pom.xml
@@ -623,7 +623,12 @@
             <artifactId>gwt-dev</artifactId>
             <version>${gwt.version}</version>
           </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gwt-servlet</artifactId>
+            <version>${gwt.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+       </dependencies>
         <configuration>
           <logLevel>INFO</logLevel>
           <style>PRETTY</style>
diff --git a/tools/scripts/maven_script.sh b/tools/scripts/maven_script.sh
index 529d5cc..2d3a615 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/maven_script.sh
+++ b/tools/scripts/maven_script.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # the License.
 
 MAVEN_REPO=${MAVEN_REPO:-"~/.m2/repository"}
-GWT_VERSION=${GWT_VERSION:-"2.2-M1"}
+GWT_VERSION=${GWT_VERSION:-"2.2-rc1"}
 GWT_DIR=${GWT_DIR:-"build/lib"}
 
 echo "Pushing GWT jars from ${GWT_DIR} into local maven repo with version ${GWT_VERSION}."