diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 5edda11076..a52c34e5c6 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="libs/cglib-nodep-2.2_beta1.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="libs/easymock.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="libs/easymockclassextension.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="libs/groovy.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="libs/groovy-3.0.9.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="libs/guava.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="libs/h2.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="libs/jardiff.jar"/>
diff --git a/build.ant.properties b/build.ant.properties
index d208426abb..ecb73565d9 100644
--- a/build.ant.properties
+++ b/build.ant.properties
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ junit_jar    = ${libdir}/junit-4.12.jar
 
 # Groovy. You perhaps can save this one.
 # It was used on the past but we agreed to remove support for groovy.
-groovy_jar    = ${libdir}/groovy.jar
+groovy_jar    = ${libdir}/groovy-3.0.9.jar
 
 # Simple HTTP.
 simple_jar    = ${libdir}/simple.jar
diff --git a/libs/groovy-3.0.9.jar b/libs/groovy-3.0.9.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ef104694f
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diff --git a/libs/groovy.jar b/libs/groovy.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index facbc4c211..0000000000
Binary files a/libs/groovy.jar and /dev/null differ