diff --git a/activemq-openwire-generator/pom.xml b/activemq-openwire-generator/pom.xml
index d693158275..3239565a64 100644
--- a/activemq-openwire-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-openwire-generator/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
       <groupId>groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>gram</artifactId>
       <version>1.1</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>ant</groupId>
+          <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>groovy</groupId>
@@ -44,9 +50,8 @@
       <artifactId>annogen</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>ant</groupId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.2</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 50fd4f07de..c8b711e37a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     <activemq-protobuf-version>1.1</activemq-protobuf-version>
     <activesoap-version>1.3</activesoap-version>
     <annogen-version>0.1.0</annogen-version>
+    <ant-version>1.10.12</ant-version>
     <aries-version>1.1.0</aries-version>
     <axion-version>1.0-M3-dev</axion-version>
     <camel-version>2.25.4</camel-version>
@@ -451,6 +452,12 @@
         <version>1.1.1</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+        <version>${ant-version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
         <artifactId>geronimo-jta_1.1_spec</artifactId>