diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d11cb049b..72b5a7c99 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>mercurial</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8</version>
+      <version>1251.va_b_121f184902</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>