diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e017f1fa2..5341e105fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 		<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>
+		<jersey-client.version>1.19.4</jersey-client.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<modules>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
index ec5fa90c44..a059321ea5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+			<version>${jersey-client.version}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/tests/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-moco-contract-jar/pom.xml b/tests/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-moco-contract-jar/pom.xml
index 2353de0aa6..1806122699 100644
--- a/tests/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-moco-contract-jar/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-moco-contract-jar/pom.xml
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.gmavenplus</groupId>
 				<artifactId>gmavenplus-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.8.2</version>