diff --git a/samples/mobilewebapp/pom.xml b/samples/mobilewebapp/pom.xml
index ac98c96b42..c0b6d24479 100644
--- a/samples/mobilewebapp/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/mobilewebapp/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
 
     <!-- App Engine properties -->
-    <appengine.version>1.9.40</appengine.version>
+    <appengine.version>1.9.98</appengine.version>
     <appengine.application.version>1</appengine.application.version>
 
     <!-- Don't let your Mac use a crazy non-standard encoding -->