diff --git a/cas-client-support-distributed-memcached/pom.xml b/cas-client-support-distributed-memcached/pom.xml
index a95478d..1227efe 100644
--- a/cas-client-support-distributed-memcached/pom.xml
+++ b/cas-client-support-distributed-memcached/pom.xml
@@ -24,26 +24,11 @@
             <scope>compile</scope>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- available from http://code.google.com/p/spymemcached/ -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>spy</groupId>
+            <groupId>net.spy</groupId>
             <artifactId>spymemcached</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6</version>
+            <version>2.9.1</version>
             <type>jar</type>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>spy</id>
-            <name>Spy Repository</name>
-            <layout>default</layout>
-            <url>http://files.couchbase.com/maven2/</url>
-            <snapshots>
-                <enabled>false</enabled>
-            </snapshots>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/cas-client-support-distributed-memcached/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/proxy/MemcachedBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl.java b/cas-client-support-distributed-memcached/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/proxy/MemcachedBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl.java
index d772172..42cd866 100644
--- a/cas-client-support-distributed-memcached/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/proxy/MemcachedBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl.java
+++ b/cas-client-support-distributed-memcached/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/proxy/MemcachedBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import net.spy.memcached.MemcachedClient;
+import net.spy.memcached.MemcachedClientIF;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of the {@link org.jasig.cas.client.proxy.ProxyGrantingTicketStorage} interface that is backed by
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ import net.spy.memcached.MemcachedClient;
 public final class MemcachedBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl extends
         AbstractEncryptedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl {
 
-    private final MemcachedClient client;
+    protected final MemcachedClientIF client;
 
     /**
      * Default constructor reads from the /casclient_memcached_hosts.txt in the classpath.  Each line should be a host:port