diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 30c6961f03..9e3457aa8a 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4</version>
+            <version>${commons-fileupload.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         
 
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-fileupload.version>1.3.2</commons-fileupload.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
+        <commons-fileupload.version>1.4</commons-fileupload.version>
         <jsonpath.version>2.2.0</jsonpath.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->