diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index 0cbc5e42efda..da488e18de9a 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
         <!-- the old artifactID for the servlet API -->
         <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-        <version>[0]</version>
+        <version>[2.5]</version>
         <!--
               "[0]" is a range that must be exactly 0
               this is different to "0" which is hint to use version 0.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 543310d4e70a..0182ba3c84b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
         <!-- the old artifactID for the servlet API -->
         <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-        <version>[0]</version>
+        <version>[2.5]</version>
         <!--
           "[0]" is a range that must be exactly 0
           this is different to "0" which is hint to use version 0.