diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 548be38962..7e017f1fa2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 		<aether.version>1.1.0</aether.version>
 		<xpath2.processor.version>2.1.100</xpath2.processor.version>
 		<xerces.version>2.11.0</xerces.version>
+		<commons-beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<modules>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
index 4ef3b3d4de..d0b42a51cd 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>