diff --git a/archiva-webapp/pom.xml b/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
index b9c2acd68..15f4d074e 100644
--- a/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -66,13 +66,11 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-http-lightweight</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-beta-1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-beta-1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 12c98f72e..46d24947d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -187,22 +187,22 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
         <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-6</version>
+        <version>${wagon.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
         <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-6</version>
+        <version>${wagon.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
         <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-7</version>
+        <version>${wagon.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
         <artifactId>wagon-http-lightweight</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-alpha-6</version>
+        <version>${wagon.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.archiva</groupId>
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@
   </pluginRepositories>
   <properties>
     <maven.version>2.0.4</maven.version>
+    <wagon.version>1.0-beta-1</wagon.version>
     <plexus-security.version>1.0-alpha-6-SNAPSHOT</plexus-security.version>
   </properties>
 </project>