diff --git a/modality-examples/modality-example-bookshelf/pom.xml b/modality-examples/modality-example-bookshelf/pom.xml
index ad7f742..b13eed9 100644
--- a/modality-examples/modality-example-bookshelf/pom.xml
+++ b/modality-examples/modality-example-bookshelf/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ under the License.
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.9.0</version>
+                <version>1.8.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>${maven.test.skip}</skip>
                     <container>