diff --git a/environments/servlet/pom.xml b/environments/servlet/pom.xml
index 498387215c6..315195b0566 100644
--- a/environments/servlet/pom.xml
+++ b/environments/servlet/pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
     <properties>
         <jsf.version>2.3.2</jsf.version>
         <tomcat.version>9.0.37</tomcat.version>
-        <jetty.version>9.4.14.v20181114</jetty.version>
-        <jetty9.asm.version>7.0</jetty9.asm.version>
+        <jetty.version>9.4.31.v20200723</jetty.version>
         <!-- Jetty 6 API is used for GWT support only -->
         <jetty6.version>6.1.26</jetty6.version>
         <uel.glassfish.version>2.2</uel.glassfish.version>
diff --git a/environments/servlet/tests/jetty/pom.xml b/environments/servlet/tests/jetty/pom.xml
index a088531f98e..4cc6f41178b 100644
--- a/environments/servlet/tests/jetty/pom.xml
+++ b/environments/servlet/tests/jetty/pom.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@
                     <!-- WELD-2101 enable when new version of Arquillian container jetty is released -->
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/CrossContextForwardTest.java</exclude>
+                        <!-- This seems to be the cause https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/issues/4888 -->
+                        <exclude>**/HSCycleTest.java</exclude>
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
 
@@ -211,23 +213,6 @@
                     <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jetty-annotations</artifactId>
                     <scope>test</scope>
-                    <!-- excluding asm version 4.x and adding asm 5 version below because of problems on JDK 8 -->
-                    <exclusions>
-                        <exclusion>
-                            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>asm-commons</artifactId>
-                        </exclusion>
-                        <exclusion>
-                            <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-                        </exclusion>
-                    </exclusions>
-                </dependency>
-
-                <dependency>
-                    <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-                    <version>${jetty9.asm.version}</version>
                 </dependency>
             </dependencies>