diff --git a/apps/jetty/java/src/net/i2p/jetty/I2PRequestLog.java b/apps/jetty/java/src/net/i2p/jetty/I2PRequestLog.java
index 32f01ddd11..02c97c5b31 100644
--- a/apps/jetty/java/src/net/i2p/jetty/I2PRequestLog.java
+++ b/apps/jetty/java/src/net/i2p/jetty/I2PRequestLog.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ package net.i2p.jetty;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
-import java.io.Writer;
+//import java.io.Writer; // As of Jetty 9.4.15, RequestLog interface has a Writer subinterface
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class I2PRequestLog extends AbstractLifeCycle implements RequestLog
     private transient OutputStream _fileOut;
     private transient DateCache _logDateCache;
     private transient PathMap<String> _ignorePathMap;
-    private transient Writer _writer;
+    private transient java.io.Writer _writer;
     private transient ArrayList<Utf8StringBuilder> _buffers;
     private transient char[] _copy;
 
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ public class I2PRequestLog extends AbstractLifeCycle implements RequestLog
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     protected void logExtended(Request request, 
                                Response response, 
-                               Writer writer) throws IOException 
+                               java.io.Writer writer) throws IOException 
     {
         String referer = request.getHeader("Referer");
         if (referer == null) 
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 655b37af3e..6f15a288ac 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2019-03-16 zzz
+ * Fix Debian builds with Jetty 9.4.15 (ticket #2457)
+
 2019-03-11 zab
  * Startup: make negative client app delay value mean waiting 
    for router to be RUNNING (ticket #2377)
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index 25340f779d..421ff4f630 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Monotone";
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
-    public final static long BUILD = 15;
+    public final static long BUILD = 16;
 
     /** for example "-test" */
     public final static String EXTRA = "-rc";