diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index 9384f58493..546fe8a6d8 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -625,17 +625,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
             <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-            <version>1.23.0</version>
+            <version>${googleclient.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-            <version>1.23.0</version>
+            <version>${googleclient.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
-        <version>1.23.0</version>
+        <version>${googleclient.version}</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <repositories>
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@
         </repository>
     </repositories>
     <properties>
+        <googleclient.version>1.23.0</googleclient.version>
         <crdt.version>0.1.0</crdt.version>
         <multiverse.version>0.7.0</multiverse.version>
         <cglib.version>3.2.4</cglib.version>