diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
index a9c90ce8a4..f1cfb19826 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
@@ -546,8 +546,8 @@ Example in Gradle:
 	}
 
 	dependencies {
-		compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:1.0.0.RC3")
-		compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jetty:1.0.0.RC3")
+		compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:{spring-boot-version}")
+		compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jetty:{spring-boot-version}")
 		// ...
 	}
 ----