diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/src/main/resources/struts.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/src/main/resources/struts.xml
index 3b4fc2c51..16d073978 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/src/main/resources/struts.xml
+++ b/apps/rest-showcase/src/main/resources/struts.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,20 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 -->
-
 <!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC
-	"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.3//EN"
-	"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.3.dtd">
+        "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.5//EN"
+        "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.5.dtd">
+
 
 <struts>
     <!--  Overwrite Convention -->
     <constant name="struts.convention.action.suffix" value="Controller"/>
     <constant name="struts.convention.action.mapAllMatches" value="true"/>
-    <constant name="struts.convention.default.parent.package" value="rest-default"/>
+    <constant name="struts.convention.default.parent.package" value="rest-showcase"/>
 
     <constant name="struts.convention.package.locators" value="example"/>
+
+    <package name="rest-showcase" extends="rest-default">
+        <global-allowed-methods>index,show,create,update,destroy,deleteConfirm,edit,editNew</global-allowed-methods>
+    </package>
 </struts>
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