diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d23a9ed8..248f13b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+                <assertj-core.version>3.11.1</assertj-core.version>
 		<spring.version>5.1.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<spring-data-releasetrain.version>Lovelace-SR4</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
                 <spring-security-bom.version>5.1.3.RELEASE</spring-security-bom.version>
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
 				<artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-				<version>3.11.0</version>
+				<version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>