diff --git a/samples/expenses/pom.xml b/samples/expenses/pom.xml
index b45c4d4..5b1b174 100644
--- a/samples/expenses/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/expenses/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	<version>0.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>expenses</name>
 	<properties>
+                <gwt.version>2.1.0</gwt.version>
 		<roo.version>1.1.0.M2</roo.version>
 		<spring.version>3.0.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
@@ -54,13 +55,6 @@
             <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/releases</url>
             <name>JBoss Repo</name>
         </repository>
-<!--
-    <repository>
-            <id>gwt-repo</id>
-            <url>http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/2.1.0.M3/gwt/maven</url>
-            <name>Google Web Toolkit Repository</name>
-        </repository>
--->
     </repositories>
     <pluginRepositories>
     <pluginRepository>
@@ -408,12 +402,13 @@
     <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
             <artifactId>gwt-servlet</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>${gwt.version}</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
     <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
             <artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>${gwt.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -625,7 +620,7 @@
                 <configuration>
 				<logLevel>INFO</logLevel>
 				<style>PRETTY</style>
-                <gwtVersion>2.1-SNAPSHOT</gwtVersion>
+                <gwtVersion>${gwt.version}</gwtVersion>
 				<runTarget>/Expenses.html</runTarget>
                 <hostedWebapp>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}</hostedWebapp>
 				<modules>