diff --git a/_includes/widget_templates.html b/_includes/widget_templates.html
index 01c9b146ece..e25f833b2ac 100644
--- a/_includes/widget_templates.html
+++ b/_includes/widget_templates.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <div class="js-download-widget-selector">
         <select class='selector selectpicker'>
             {@ _.each(releases, function(release, index) { @}
-            <option value="{@= index @}" data-content="<span>{@= release.versionDisplayName @}</span><div class='spring-icon {@= release.statusIconClass() @}'/>"> ()</option>
+            <option value="{@= index @}" data-content="<span>{@= release.versionDisplayName @}</span><div class='spring-icon {@= release.statusIconClass() @}'/>" data-current="{@= release.current @}"> ()</option>
             {@ }); @}
         </select>
     </div>
diff --git a/js/projectDocumentationWidget.js b/js/projectDocumentationWidget.js
index fd37ca410d1..9f3e0dcf1c4 100644
--- a/js/projectDocumentationWidget.js
+++ b/js/projectDocumentationWidget.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Spring.QuickStartSelectorView = Backbone.View.extend({
   initialize: function () {
     this.template = _.template(this.options.template);
     this.snippetWidgetEl = this.options.snippetWidgetEl;
-    _.bindAll(this, "render", "renderActiveWidget", "changeDownloadSource", "_moveItemSlider");
+    _.bindAll(this, "render", "renderActiveWidget", "changeDownloadSource", "_moveItemSlider", "selectCurrent");
   },
 
   render: function () {
@@ -127,10 +127,16 @@ Spring.QuickStartSelectorView = Backbone.View.extend({
       this.template(this.model)
     );
     this.renderActiveWidget();
+    this.selectCurrent();
     this.$('.selectpicker').selectpicker();
     return this;
   },
 
+  selectCurrent: function() {
+      var selectedIndex = $('.selectpicker [data-current="true"]').val();
+      this.$('.selectpicker').val(selectedIndex).change();
+  },
+
   renderActiveWidget: function() {
     if(this.activeWidget != null) this.activeWidget.remove();
 
diff --git a/js/test/spec/QuickStartWidgetSpec.js b/js/test/spec/QuickStartWidgetSpec.js
index d526fd1db15..16097a9caeb 100644
--- a/js/test/spec/QuickStartWidgetSpec.js
+++ b/js/test/spec/QuickStartWidgetSpec.js
@@ -52,35 +52,37 @@ describe("QuickStartWidget", function () {
     });
 
     describe("maven view", function() {
-      it("shows the dependency based on the default release", function() {
+      it("shows the current release dependency by default", function() {
         expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("org.springframework.data");
         expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("spring-data-jpa");
-        expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("1.4.0.RC1");
+        expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("1.3.4.RELEASE");
       });
 
-      it("shows the right dependency when users select a different release", function() {
-        $('#jasmine_content select').val(1).change();
+      it("shows the correct dependency when users select a different release", function() {
+        $('#jasmine_content select').val(0).change();
 
         expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("org.springframework.data");
         expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("spring-data-jpa");
-        expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("1.3.4.RELEASE");
+        expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("1.4.0.RC1");
       });
 
-      it("shows the repository information if it's present", function() {
-        expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("spring-milestones");
-        expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("Spring Milestones");
-        expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("http://repo.springsource.org/milestone");
-        expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("false");
+      it("shows the repository information if user selects a release with a repository", function() {
+          $('#jasmine_content select').val(0).change();
+
+          expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("spring-milestones");
+          expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("Spring Milestones");
+          expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("http://repo.springsource.org/milestone");
+          expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("false");
       });
 
-      it("removes the repository if the user selects a relase without a repository", function (){
-        $('#jasmine_content select').val(1).change();
+      it("doesn't show the repository if the user selects a release without a repository", function (){
+          $('#jasmine_content select').val(1).change();
 
-        expect($('#maven_widget')).not.toContainText("repository");
-        expect($('#maven_widget')).not.toContainText("spring-milestones");
-        expect($('#maven_widget')).not.toContainText("Spring Milestones");
-        expect($('#maven_widget')).not.toContainText("http://repo.springsource.org/milestone");
-        expect($('#maven_widget')).not.toContainText("false");
+          expect($('#maven_widget')).not.toContainText("repository");
+          expect($('#maven_widget')).not.toContainText("spring-milestones");
+          expect($('#maven_widget')).not.toContainText("Spring Milestones");
+          expect($('#maven_widget')).not.toContainText("http://repo.springsource.org/milestone");
+          expect($('#maven_widget')).not.toContainText("false");
       });
     });
 
@@ -89,12 +91,14 @@ describe("QuickStartWidget", function () {
         $("#quick_select_widget [data-snippet-type=gradle]").click();
       });
 
-      it("shows the dependency based on the default release", function() {
+      it("shows the current release dependency by default", function() {
         expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("dependencies");
-        expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:1.4.0.RC1");
+        expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:1.3.4.RELEASE");
       });
 
       it("shows the repository if the data has one", function() {
+        $('#jasmine_content select').val(0).change();
+
         expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("repositories");
         expect($('#maven_widget')).toContainText("http://repo.springsource.org/milestone");
       });