diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aa4b08b..8a3e0bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<assertj.version>3.8.0</assertj.version>
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+		<lombok.version>1.16.18</lombok.version>
 		<mockito.version>2.12.0</mockito.version>
 		<multithreadedtc.version>1.01</multithreadedtc.version>
 		<spring-data-gemfire.version>${project.parent.version}</spring-data-gemfire.version>
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
 				<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-				<version>${lombok}</version>
+				<version>${lombok.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>edu.umd.cs.mtc</groupId>