diff --git a/persistence-modules/apache-derby/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/apache-derby/pom.xml
index f7f5ca7503..98901b5d80 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/apache-derby/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/apache-derby/pom.xml
@@ -16,14 +16,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
             <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
-            <version>10.13.1.1</version>
+            <version>${derby.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.derby/derbyclient -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
             <artifactId>derbyclient</artifactId>
-            <version>10.13.1.1</version>
+            <version>${derbyclient.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <properties>
+        <derby.version>10.13.1.1</derby.version>
+        <derbyclient.version>10.13.1.1</derbyclient.version>
+    </properties>
+    
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence-2/pom.xml
index d6109d2ae9..1d9852ae53 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence-2/pom.xml
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11.11</version>
+            <version>${jooq.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20220320</version>
+            <version>${json.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
         <mssql.driver.version>8.4.1.jre11</mssql.driver.version>
         <oracle.driver.version>10.2.0.4.0</oracle.driver.version>
         <mysql.driver.version>8.0.22</mysql.driver.version>
+        <jooq.version>3.11.11</jooq.version>
+        <json.version>20220320</json.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/fauna/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/fauna/pom.xml
index a00dd0eb8d..90fa596406 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/fauna/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/fauna/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.faunadb</groupId>
             <artifactId>faunadb-java</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.0</version>
+            <version>${faunadb.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     <properties>
         <java.version>17</java.version>
         <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.17.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
+        <faunadb.version>4.2.0</faunadb.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-annotations/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-annotations/pom.xml
index e984078f9a..6c02b6c685 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -84,10 +84,8 @@
         <org.springframework.data.version>1.10.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.data.version>
         <hibernate-core.version>5.6.7.Final</hibernate-core.version>
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
-        <spring-boot.version>2.1.7.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <h2.version>2.1.212</h2.version>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>9.0.0.M26</tomcat-dbcp.version>
-        <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-enterprise/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-enterprise/pom.xml
index 18d1a4f3a6..833f19c673 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-enterprise/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-enterprise/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
         <mysql.version>6.0.6</mysql.version>
         <mariaDB4j.version>2.2.3</mariaDB4j.version>
         <geodb.version>0.9</geodb.version>
-        <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/pom.xml
index b67b8bf608..c6930d6291 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16.0</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-mongodb-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/java-mongodb-2/pom.xml
index 9475a86bee..cabe544850 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/java-mongodb-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-mongodb-2/pom.xml
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>mongodb</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16.3</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16.3</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-mongodb-queries/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/java-mongodb-queries/pom.xml
index aa3003bef6..8293103859 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/java-mongodb-queries/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-mongodb-queries/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
             <artifactId>mongodb-driver-sync</artifactId>
-            <version>4.6.0</version>
+            <version>${mongodb.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-            <version>5.8.1</version>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <mongodb.version>4.6.0</mongodb.version>
+        <junit.version>5.8.1</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-mongodb/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/java-mongodb/pom.xml
index 88f0d18a5b..2e366d8368 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/java-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>mongodb</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16.3</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16.3</version>
+            <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/pom.xml
index ee4807933a..d549f7e2de 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>5.2.17.Final</hibernate.version>
         <postgresql.version>42.2.20</postgresql.version>
+        <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>
+        <testcontainers.version>1.16.3</testcontainers.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/querydsl/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/querydsl/pom.xml
index c4b01d787c..c97dcdd93d 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/querydsl/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/querydsl/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
         <hibernate.version>5.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-jpa.version>1.0.0.Final</hibernate-jpa.version>
         <querydsl.version>4.1.4</querydsl.version>
-        <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>
         <commons-pool.version>1.6</commons-pool.version>
         <commons-dbcp.version>1.4</commons-dbcp.version>
         <apt-maven-plugin.version>1.1.3</apt-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/pom.xml
index 3f5d00733d..e559fe1394 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
         <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.7-dmr</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>9.0.0.M26</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <jta.version>1.1</jta.version>
-        <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>
         <com.sun.xml.version>2.3.0.1</com.sun.xml.version>
         <javax.xml.bind.version>2.3.1</javax.xml.bind.version>
     </properties>