diff --git a/wise-webapp/webdefault.xml b/wise-webapp/webdefault.xml
index a7b4a6b6..9cecd06d 100644
--- a/wise-webapp/webdefault.xml
+++ b/wise-webapp/webdefault.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"
-         version="2.4">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd"
+        metadata-complete="false"
+        version="3.1">
 
 
     <servlet>