diff --git a/accurest-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/plugin/AccurestGradlePlugin.groovy b/accurest-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/plugin/AccurestGradlePlugin.groovy
index 7edaf642d6..2c2ffa196b 100644
--- a/accurest-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/plugin/AccurestGradlePlugin.groovy
+++ b/accurest-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/plugin/AccurestGradlePlugin.groovy
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class AccurestGradlePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 		deprecatedCreateAndConfigureGenerateWiremockClientStubsFromDslTask()
 		project.dependencies.add("testCompile", "com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock:2.0.5-beta")
 		project.dependencies.add("testCompile", "com.blogspot.toomuchcoding:jsonassert:${extension.getJsonAssertVersion()}")
-		project.dependencies.add("testCompile", "org.assertj:assertj-core:3.3.0")
+		project.dependencies.add("testCompile", "org.assertj:assertj-core:2.3.0")
 
 		project.afterEvaluate {
 			def hasIdea = project.plugins.findPlugin(IDEA_PLUGIN_CLASS)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1895c32f22..37a0cc8f9b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ project(':accurest-core') {
 		compile 'asm:asm:3.3.1'
 		compile "com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock:$wiremockVersion"
 		compile "com.blogspot.toomuchcoding:jsonassert:$jsonassertVersion"
-		compile 'org.assertj:assertj-core:[3.3.0,)'
+		compile 'org.assertj:assertj-core:2.3.0'
 		testCompile 'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2'
 		testCompile 'org.objenesis:objenesis:2.1'
 		testCompile project(':accurest-testing-utils')