diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 945c3c0f3a8..c09c1907999 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -978,12 +978,6 @@
             <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
             <version>1.7</version>
           </dependency>
-          <!-- For building docs from asciidoctor -->
-          <!--<dependency>
-              <groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
-              <artifactId>asciidoctor-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>1.5.2</version>
-          </dependency>-->
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>
           <siteDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/site</siteDirectory>
@@ -995,7 +989,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
         <artifactId>asciidoctor-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.2</version>
+        <version>${asciidoctor.plugin.version}</version>
         <inherited>false</inherited>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
@@ -1191,6 +1185,7 @@
     <jamon.plugin.version>2.3.4</jamon.plugin.version>
     <findbugs-annotations>1.3.9-1</findbugs-annotations>
     <javadoc.version>2.10.3</javadoc.version>
+    <asciidoctor.plugin.version>1.5.2.1</asciidoctor.plugin.version>
     <!-- General Packaging -->
     <package.prefix>/usr</package.prefix>
     <package.conf.dir>/etc/hbase</package.conf.dir>