diff --git a/annotations/pom.xml b/annotations/pom.xml
index 763b8852fc..fdf60e270f 100644
--- a/annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/annotations/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate.java-persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>jpa-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.Beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javassist</groupId>
diff --git a/entitymanager/pom.xml b/entitymanager/pom.xml
index 4282539d57..941fc4faeb 100644
--- a/entitymanager/pom.xml
+++ b/entitymanager/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
             <groupId>javassist</groupId>
             <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate.java-persistence</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jpa-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index c456344080..7809532567 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -373,6 +373,12 @@
                 <artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
                 <version>2.2</version>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- Set the version of the JPA api to be used throughout the the project -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.hibernate.java-persistence</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jpa-api</artifactId>
+                <version>2.0.Beta-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>