diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0383c19e97..4adf954bca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 		<exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
 		<InMemoryJavaCompiler.version>1.3.0</InMemoryJavaCompiler.version>
 		<kotlin.version>1.3.50</kotlin.version>
+		<commons-beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<modules>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/_request_request.json b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/_request_request.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 26c2b2f565..0000000000
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/_request_request.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "status": "REQUEST"
-}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/_request_request.pdf b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/_request_request.pdf
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diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
index cb56b670b3..db66f6afca 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-			<version>1.9.3</version>
+			<version>${commons-beanutils.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/worksWithPdf_request_request.pdf b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/worksWithPdf_request_request.pdf
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index 69503635d8..0000000000
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