diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index d0f12da91..629b6cabc 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def jquery_include_tag
-    javascript_include_tag('//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js') +
+    javascript_include_tag('//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js') +
     content_tag(:script) do
       "!window.jQuery && document.write(unescape(\"#{escape_javascript(include_javascripts(:jquery))}\")); jQuery.ajaxSetup({'cache': false});".html_safe
     end