diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-dependencies/pom.xml
index 09d4181362..d59291ca93 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<wiremock.version>2.1.7</wiremock.version>
 		<jsonassert.version>0.4.7</jsonassert.version>
-		<aether.version>1.1.0</aether.version>
+		<aether.version>1.0.2.v20150114</aether.version>
 		<spring-cloud-stream.version>Brooklyn.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-stream.version>
 		<spring-cloud-zookeeper.version>1.0.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-zookeeper.version>
 		<spring-cloud-netflix.version>1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-netflix.version>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index a184b3940b..2b6c79860f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		<dependency.locations.enabled>false</dependency.locations.enabled>
 
 		<spring.cloud.contract.verifier.version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring.cloud.contract.verifier.version>
-		<aether.version>1.1.0</aether.version>
+		<aether.version>1.0.2.v20150114</aether.version>
 
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>