diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-ws-2.1/play-ws-2.1.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-ws-2.1/play-ws-2.1.gradle
index ad29d0a507..3f30bb3f6d 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-ws-2.1/play-ws-2.1.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-ws-2.1/play-ws-2.1.gradle
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ dependencies {
   testCompile project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:netty-4.1')
   testCompile project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:akka-http-10.0')
 
-  testCompile group: 'com.typesafe.play', name: "play-ahc-ws-standalone_$scalaVersion", version: '2.1.2'
+  testCompile group: 'com.typesafe.play', name: "play-ahc-ws-standalone_$scalaVersion", version: '2.1.0'
 
   latestDepTestCompile group: 'com.typesafe.play', name: "play-ahc-ws-standalone_$scalaVersion", version: '+'
 }