diff --git a/Documentation/dev-contributing.txt b/Documentation/dev-contributing.txt
index 72d7ddf1ee..b717f4e6cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-contributing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-contributing.txt
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ to be updated or at least checked.
 plugins that have a dependency on GWT.
 * Update the GWT version in the archetype metadata in the
 `gerrit-plugin-gwt-archetype`.
+* Update the version of `gwt-maven-plugin` in the example pom.xml file in
+link:dev-plugins.html[dev-plugins].
 * Update to the same GWT version in the `gwtjsonrpc` project, and release a
 new version.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-plugins.txt b/Documentation/dev-plugins.txt
index 6fc34b16cc..0790804347 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-plugins.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-plugins.txt
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ must be set to `${project.build.directory}/classes/static`:
 <plugin>
   <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
   <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.1</version>
+  <version>2.7.0</version>
   <configuration>
     <module>com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.myplugin.HelloPlugin</module>
     <disableClassMetadata>true</disableClassMetadata>