diff --git a/pdf-2/pom.xml b/pdf-2/pom.xml
index 653b55a206..ccbb5c9693 100644
--- a/pdf-2/pom.xml
+++ b/pdf-2/pom.xml
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
             <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.13.3</version>
+            <version>${itextpdf.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
             <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.0-RC1</version>
+            <version>${pdfbox.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
+        <itextpdf.version>5.5.13.3</itextpdf.version>
         <itextpdf.core.version>7.2.3</itextpdf.core.version>
         <itextpdf.cleanup.version>3.0.1</itextpdf.cleanup.version>
+        <pdfbox.version>3.0.0-RC1</pdfbox.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/pdf/pom.xml b/pdf/pom.xml
index 4bfc7cb621..cead1b2ded 100644
--- a/pdf/pom.xml
+++ b/pdf/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     <properties>
         <pdfbox-tools.version>2.0.25</pdfbox-tools.version>
         <pdf2dom.version>2.0.1</pdf2dom.version>
-        <itextpdf.version>5.5.10</itextpdf.version>
+        <itextpdf.version>5.5.13.3</itextpdf.version>
         <xmlworker.version>5.5.10</xmlworker.version>
         <poi-scratchpad.version>3.15</poi-scratchpad.version>
         <batik-transcoder.version>1.8</batik-transcoder.version>