diff --git a/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml b/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml
index fc32d735c..612f0bb20 100644
--- a/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/jasperreports/pom.xml
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>jasperreports</groupId>
+            <groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
             <artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.2</version>
+            <version>6.0.3</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/plugins/jasperreports/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jasperreports/JasperReportsResult.java b/plugins/jasperreports/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jasperreports/JasperReportsResult.java
index e0ea121f6..312604d21 100644
--- a/plugins/jasperreports/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jasperreports/JasperReportsResult.java
+++ b/plugins/jasperreports/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jasperreports/JasperReportsResult.java
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ public class JasperReportsResult extends StrutsResultSupport implements JasperRe
 
         // Fill the report and produce a print object
         try {
-            JasperReport jasperReport = (JasperReport) JRLoader.loadObject(systemId);
+            JasperReport jasperReport = (JasperReport) JRLoader.loadObject(new File(systemId));
             if (conn == null) {
                 jasperPrint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(jasperReport, parameters, stackDataSource);
             }