diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/resources/struts-validation.xml b/apps/showcase/src/main/resources/struts-validation.xml
index 96d248ff6..23d662f55 100755
--- a/apps/showcase/src/main/resources/struts-validation.xml
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/resources/struts-validation.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
             <result>/WEB-INF/validation/quiz-success.jsp</result>
         </action>
 
+		<action name="quizDwr" class="org.apache.struts2.showcase.validation.QuizAction">
+			<result name="input">/WEB-INF/validation/quiz-dwr.jsp</result>
+			<result>/WEB-INF/validation/quiz-success.jsp</result>
+		</action>
+
         <action name="quizClientCss" class="org.apache.struts2.showcase.validation.QuizAction">
             <result name="input">/WEB-INF/validation/quiz-client-css.jsp</result>
             <result>/WEB-INF/validation/quiz-success.jsp</result>
diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/decorators/main.jsp b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/decorators/main.jsp
index bcbe36113..eb74c97df 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/decorators/main.jsp
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/decorators/main.jsp
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@
                         <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
                             <s:url var="quizBasic" namespace="/validation" action="quizBasic" method="input"/>
                             <s:url var="quizClient" namespace="/validation" action="quizClient" method="input"/>
+                            <s:url var="quizDwr" namespace="/validation" action="quizDwr" method="input"/>
                             <s:url var="quizClientCss" namespace="/validation" action="quizClientCss" method="input"/>
                             <s:url var="fieldValidatorUrl" action="showFieldValidatorsExamples" namespace="/validation"/>
                             <s:url var="nonFieldValidatorUrl" action="showNonFieldValidatorsExamples" namespace="/validation"/>
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@
                             <li><s:a href="%{storeMessageAcrossRequestExample}">Store across request using MessageStoreInterceptor (Example)</s:a></li>
                             <li><s:a href="%{quizBasic}">Validation (basic)</s:a></li>
                             <li><s:a href="%{quizClient}">Validation (client)</s:a></li>
+                            <li><s:a href="%{quizDwr}">Validation (DWR)</s:a></li>
                             <li><s:a href="%{quizClientCss}">Validation (client using css_xhtml theme)</s:a></li>
                             <li><s:a href="%{visitorValidatorUrl}">Visitor Validator</s:a></li>
                             <li><s:a href="%{ajaxFormSubmitUrl}">AJAX Form Submit</s:a></li>
diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/validation/quiz-dwr.jsp b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/validation/quiz-dwr.jsp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2dc69b852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/validation/quiz-dwr.jsp
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<!--
+/*
+* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+* or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+* distributed with this work for additional information
+* regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+* to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+* "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+* with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+*
+*  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+*
+* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+* software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+* "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+* KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+* specific language governing permissions and limitations
+* under the License.
+*/
+-->
+<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags" %>
+
+<!-- START SNIPPET: dwrValidation -->
+
+<html>
+<head>
+	<title>Struts2 Showcase - Validation - DWR</title>
+	<s:head/>
+	<script type='text/javascript' src='../dwr/engine.js'></script>
+    <script type='text/javascript' src='../dwr/util.js'></script>
+	<script type='text/javascript' src='../dwr/interface/validator.js'></script>
+	<script type='text/javascript'>
+        var dwrValidateReply = function(data) {
+            var validationResult = '';
+            for (index = 0; index < data.actionErrors.length; ++index) {
+                validationResult += (data.actionErrors[index] + '. ');
+            }
+            for (index = 0; index < data.actionMessages.length; ++index) {
+                validationResult += (data.actionMessages[index] + '. ');
+            }
+            if (typeof data.fieldErrors.name !== 'undefined') {
+                for (index = 0; index < data.fieldErrors.name.length; ++index) {
+                    validationResult += (data.fieldErrors.name[index] + '. ');
+                }
+            }
+            if (typeof data.fieldErrors.age !== 'undefined') {
+                for (index = 0; index < data.fieldErrors.age.length; ++index) {
+                    validationResult += (data.fieldErrors.age[index] + '. ');
+                }
+            }
+            if (validationResult === '') {
+                $('form').submit();
+            } else {
+                dwr.util.setValue('validationResult', validationResult);
+            }
+        };
+		function dwrFormValidation() {
+            var postData = {};
+            $('form').serializeArray().map(function (x) {
+                postData[x.name] = x.value;
+            });
+            validator.doPost('/validation', 'quizDwr', postData, dwrValidateReply);
+            return false;
+        }
+	</script>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+
+<div class="page-header">
+	<h1>DWR validation Example</h1>
+</div>
+
+<div class="container-fluid">
+	<div class="row">
+		<div class="col-md-12">
+
+			<s:form method="post">
+				<s:textfield label="Name" name="name"/>
+				<s:textfield label="Age" name="age"/>
+				<s:textfield label="Favorite color" name="answer"/>
+				<s:submit cssClass="btn btn-primary" onClick="return dwrFormValidation()"/>
+			</s:form>
+			<div id="validationResult" class="errorMessage"></div>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>
+
+<!-- END SNIPPET: dwrValidation -->
+
diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index a0219c7bb..efc01f7b3 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
     <servlet>
         <servlet-name>dwr</servlet-name>
-        <servlet-class>uk.ltd.getahead.dwr.DWRServlet</servlet-class>
+        <servlet-class>org.directwebremoting.servlet.DwrServlet</servlet-class>
         <init-param>
             <param-name>debug</param-name>
             <param-value>true</param-value>
diff --git a/plugins/dwr/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/validators/DWRValidator.java b/plugins/dwr/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/validators/DWRValidator.java
index b77b59a6b..60edf4beb 100644
--- a/plugins/dwr/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/validators/DWRValidator.java
+++ b/plugins/dwr/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/validators/DWRValidator.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.HttpParameters;
 import org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.RequestMap;
 import org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.SessionMap;
 
-import uk.ltd.getahead.dwr.WebContextFactory;
+import org.directwebremoting.WebContextFactory;
 
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.Action;
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionProxy;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 90c017cea..2be2aae52 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.directwebremoting</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dwr</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0.11-RELEASE</version>
+                <version>3.0.2-RELEASE</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
