diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index f23d2fe6bf061177dc660a093f42e96f5c35a9a7..8d8268fe8b1854d2ff407c71169883e63e71ef06 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-default['tomcat']['base_version'] = 8
+default['tomcat']['base_version'] = 6
 default['java']['jdk_version'] = 7
 
 default['typo3_site']['ip_address'] = ''