diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7434fd6e0a7..cc0fb7f0a26 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
         <apache.curator.version>2.7.0</apache.curator.version>
         <jetty.version>9.2.5.v20141112</jetty.version>
         <druid.api.version>0.3.0</druid.api.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.4.4</jackson.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
@@ -223,42 +224,42 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.4</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.4</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.4</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-datatype-guava</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.4</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.4</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-smile</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.4</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json-provider</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.4</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-smile-provider</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.4</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>