diff --git a/examples/features/standard/security-keycloak/pom.xml b/examples/features/standard/security-keycloak/pom.xml
index a2a2060682..0458108a45 100644
--- a/examples/features/standard/security-keycloak/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/features/standard/security-keycloak/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ under the License.
    <properties>
       <activemq.basedir>${project.basedir}/../../../..</activemq.basedir>
       <version.org.keycloak>12.0.3</version.org.keycloak>
-      <version.org.apache.httpcomponents>4.5.13</version.org.apache.httpcomponents>
    </properties>
 
    <dependencies>
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ under the License.
                         <!-- allow keycloak login module classloading from the artemis lib dir-->
                         <arg>org.keycloak:keycloak-adapter-core:jar:${version.org.keycloak}</arg>
                         <arg>org.keycloak:keycloak-core:jar:${version.org.keycloak}</arg>
-                        <arg>org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:${version.org.apache.httpcomponents}</arg>
+                        <arg>org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:${apache.httpclient.version}</arg>
                      </libListWithDeps>
                   </configuration>
                </execution>
@@ -145,14 +144,13 @@ under the License.
                <dependency>
                   <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                   <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-                  <version>${version.org.apache.httpcomponents}</version>
+                  <version>${apache.httpclient.version}</version>
                </dependency>
             </dependencies>
          </plugin>
          <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.0</version>
             <executions>
                <execution>
                   <id>run-keycloak</id>