diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba4d1d652..816690fc8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
         <spring.security.version>3.2.4.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
         <standard.version>1.1.2</standard.version>
         <tiles.version>2.2.2</tiles.version>
-        <tomcat7-maven-plugin.version>2.2</tomcat7-maven-plugin.version>
+        <tomcat7-maven-plugin.version>2.1</tomcat7-maven-plugin.version>
         <wsdl4j.version>1.5.1</wsdl4j.version>
         <tomcat-catalina.version>7.0.63</tomcat-catalina.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/webgoat-container/pom.xml b/webgoat-container/pom.xml
index 9f9fc90f5..c2908d96b 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/pom.xml
+++ b/webgoat-container/pom.xml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
                 <version>${tomcat7-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <server>local_tomcat</server>
-                    <url>http://localhost:8080/manager</url>
+                    <url>http://localhost:8080/manager/text</url>
                     <path>/WebGoat</path>
                     <attachArtifactClassifier>exec</attachArtifactClassifier>
                     <contextReloadable>true</contextReloadable>