diff --git a/src/main/resources/handlebars/JavaJaxRS/resteasy/gradle.mustache b/src/main/resources/handlebars/JavaJaxRS/resteasy/gradle.mustache
index 47af212cf4..5e370c62ce 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/handlebars/JavaJaxRS/resteasy/gradle.mustache
+++ b/src/main/resources/handlebars/JavaJaxRS/resteasy/gradle.mustache
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ dependencies {
 {{#useBeanValidation}}
     providedCompile 'javax.validation:validation-api:1.1.0.Final'
 {{/useBeanValidation}}
-    compile         'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-joda:2.4.1'
+{{^java8}}
+    compile         'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-joda:2.9.10'
     compile         'joda-time:joda-time:2.7'
+{{/java8}}
+{{#java8}}
+    compile         'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.9.10'
+{{/java8}}
     //TODO: swaggerFeature
     {{#useOas2}}
     compile 'io.swagger:swagger-jaxrs:1.5.12'