diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index d9e3908df22..5aaaca745fa 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ httpclient        = 4.5.2
 httpcore          = 4.4.4
 commonslogging    = 1.1.3
 commonscodec      = 1.10
+hamcrest          = 1.3
+securemock        = 1.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client-sniffer/build.gradle b/client-sniffer/build.gradle
index b0f8e1e22e0..d561e007184 100644
--- a/client-sniffer/build.gradle
+++ b/client-sniffer/build.gradle
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ dependencies {
 
   testCompile "com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting:randomizedtesting-runner:${versions.randomizedrunner}"
   testCompile "junit:junit:${versions.junit}"
-  testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.3"
+  testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:${versions.hamcrest}"
   testCompile "org.apache.lucene:lucene-test-framework:${versions.lucene}"
   testCompile "org.apache.lucene:lucene-core:${versions.lucene}"
   testCompile "org.apache.lucene:lucene-codecs:${versions.lucene}"
-  testCompile "org.elasticsearch:securemock:1.2"
+  testCompile "org.elasticsearch:securemock:${versions.securemock}"
 }
 
 //TODO compiling from 1.8 with target 1.7 and source 1.7 is best effort, not enough to ensure we are java 7 compatible
diff --git a/client/build.gradle b/client/build.gradle
index 4c4a56d7731..2c82fd74569 100644
--- a/client/build.gradle
+++ b/client/build.gradle
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ dependencies {
 
   testCompile "com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting:randomizedtesting-runner:${versions.randomizedrunner}"
   testCompile "junit:junit:${versions.junit}"
-  testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.3"
+  testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:${versions.hamcrest}"
   testCompile "org.apache.lucene:lucene-test-framework:${versions.lucene}"
   testCompile "org.apache.lucene:lucene-core:${versions.lucene}"
   testCompile "org.apache.lucene:lucene-codecs:${versions.lucene}"
-  testCompile "org.elasticsearch:securemock:1.2"
+  testCompile "org.elasticsearch:securemock:${versions.securemock}"
 }
 
 //TODO compiling from 1.8 with target 1.7 and source 1.7 is best effort, not enough to ensure we are java 7 compatible
diff --git a/test/framework/build.gradle b/test/framework/build.gradle
index 078511611fe..6ddcb7598a1 100644
--- a/test/framework/build.gradle
+++ b/test/framework/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies {
   compile "org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:${version}"
   compile "com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting:randomizedtesting-runner:${versions.randomizedrunner}"
   compile "junit:junit:${versions.junit}"
-  compile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.3"
+  compile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:${versions.hamcrest}"
   compile "org.apache.lucene:lucene-test-framework:${versions.lucene}"
   compile "org.apache.lucene:lucene-codecs:${versions.lucene}"
   compile "org.elasticsearch:client:${version}"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies {
   compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:${versions.httpcore}"
   compile "commons-logging:commons-logging:${versions.commonslogging}"
   compile "commons-codec:commons-codec:${versions.commonscodec}"
-  compile "org.elasticsearch:securemock:1.2"
+  compile "org.elasticsearch:securemock:${versions.securemock}"
 }
 
 compileJava.options.compilerArgs << '-Xlint:-cast,-rawtypes,-try,-unchecked'