diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 5e81487a2b3ef92bfea992e357c8012b4869fc70..438a859093833310f84e550662116d7fa024733e 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@
                  [prismatic/schema "1.1.9"]                           ; Data schema declaration and validation library
                  [puppetlabs/i18n "0.8.0"]                            ; Internationalization library
                  [redux "0.1.4"]                                      ; Utility functions for building and composing transducers
-                 [ring/ring-core "1.6.0"]
-                 [ring/ring-jetty-adapter "1.6.0"]                    ; Ring adapter using Jetty webserver (used to run a Ring server for unit tests)
+                 [ring/ring-core "1.6.3"]
+                 [ring/ring-jetty-adapter "1.6.3"]                    ; Ring adapter using Jetty webserver (used to run a Ring server for unit tests)
+                 [org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-server "9.4.11.v20180605"]  ; We require JDK 8 which allows us to run Jetty 9.4, ring-jetty-adapter runs on 1.7 which forces an older version
                  [ring/ring-json "0.4.0"]                             ; Ring middleware for reading/writing JSON automatically
                  [stencil "0.5.0"]                                    ; Mustache templates for Clojure
                  [toucan "1.1.9"                                      ; Model layer, hydration, and DB utilities