diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-sockets/README.md b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-sockets/README.md
index 76717e2fe6..12f7a6ad56 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-sockets/README.md
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-sockets/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ This module contains articles about WebSockets with Spring Security
 
 ### Running This Project:
 
-To build the project, run the command: mvn clean install. This will build a war file in the target folder that you can deploye on a server like Tomcat.
+To build the project, run the command: `mvn clean install`. This will build a war file in the target folder that you can deploye on a server like Tomcat.
 
-Alternatively, run the project from an IDE.
+Alternatively, run the project from an IDE, with the maven goal `org.codehaus.cargo:cargo-maven2-plugin:run`
 
 To login, use credentials from the data.sql file in src/main/resource, eg: user/password.
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-sockets/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-sockets/pom.xml
index b1536e88ea..db0d280da8 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-sockets/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-sockets/pom.xml
@@ -155,11 +155,14 @@
         <finalName>spring-security-web-sockets</finalName>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
-                <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2</version>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.7.6</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <path>/spring-security-mvc-socket</path>
+                    <container>
+                        <containerId>tomcat9x</containerId>
+                        <type>embedded</type>
+                    </container>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>