diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index f31a0ebd72..0fd4a7a35c 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@
     </developers>
 
     <properties>
+        <clojure.version>1.2.0</clojure.version>
         <maven.compile.source>1.6</maven.compile.source>
         <maven.compile.target>1.6</maven.compile.target>
         <maven.compile.optimize>true</maven.compile.optimize>
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
             <artifactId>clojure</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0</version>
+            <version>${clojure.version}</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>