diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a4dd07ff..dd2134e5d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@
 	<properties>
 		<antlr>4.10.1</antlr> <!-- align with Hibernate's parser -->
 		<eclipselink>3.0.3</eclipselink>
+		<eclipselink-next>4.0.2</eclipselink-next>
 		<hibernate>6.2.4.Final</hibernate>
+		<hibernate-next>6.3.0.Final</hibernate-next>
+		<hibernate-next-snapshots>6.3.1-SNAPSHOT</hibernate-next-snapshots>
 		<hsqldb>2.7.1</hsqldb>
 		<h2>2.2.220</h2>
 		<jsqlparser>4.5</jsqlparser>
@@ -55,13 +58,13 @@
 		<profile>
 			<id>hibernate-63</id>
 			<properties>
-				<hibernate>6.3.0.Final</hibernate>
+				<hibernate>${hibernate-next}</hibernate>
 			</properties>
 		</profile>
 		<profile>
 			<id>hibernate-63-next</id>
 			<properties>
-				<hibernate>6.3.1-SNAPSHOT</hibernate>
+				<hibernate>${hibernate-next-snapshots}</hibernate>
 			</properties>
 			<repositories>
 				<repository>
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@
 		<profile>
 			<id>eclipselink-next</id>
 			<properties>
-				<eclipselink>4.0.2</eclipselink>
+				<eclipselink>${eclipselink-next}</eclipselink>
 			</properties>
 		</profile>
 	</profiles>