diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/javakaffee/web/msm/TranscoderService.java b/core/src/main/java/de/javakaffee/web/msm/TranscoderService.java
index b26971a2..b082d46b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/javakaffee/web/msm/TranscoderService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/javakaffee/web/msm/TranscoderService.java
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ private static byte[] serializeSavedRequest( final Object obj ) {
             // -> we omit them here
             oos.writeObject(savedRequest.getQueryString());
             oos.writeObject(savedRequest.getRequestURI());
+            oos.writeObject(savedRequest.getDecodedRequestURI());
             oos.flush();
             return bos.toByteArray();
         } catch ( final IOException e ) {
@@ -424,6 +425,7 @@ private static SavedRequest deserializeSavedRequest( final byte[] data ) {
             savedRequest.setMethod((String) ois.readObject());
             savedRequest.setQueryString((String) ois.readObject());
             savedRequest.setRequestURI((String) ois.readObject());
+            savedRequest.setDecodedRequestURI((String) ois.readObject());
 
             return savedRequest;
         } catch ( final IOException e ) {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e5f5044..a68b1f5e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<tomcat-version>6.0.35</tomcat-version>
+		<tomcat-version>6.0.37</tomcat-version>
 		<slf4j-version>1.5.8</slf4j-version>
 		<hibernate-core-version>3.3.2.GA</hibernate-core-version>
 		<couchbasemock-version>0.5-69e953bd</couchbasemock-version>
diff --git a/tomcat7/pom.xml b/tomcat7/pom.xml
index d61a80b0..45001ddd 100644
--- a/tomcat7/pom.xml
+++ b/tomcat7/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<description>The msm tomcat7 specific implementation.</description>
 
 	<properties>
-		<tomcat-version>7.0.23</tomcat-version>
+		<tomcat-version>7.0.40</tomcat-version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>