diff --git a/core-groovy-2/pom.xml b/core-groovy-2/pom.xml
index 2ffef7ae94..1f5baaf904 100644
--- a/core-groovy-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-groovy-2/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <dependency>
 			<groupId>com.github.groovy-wslite</groupId>
 			<artifactId>groovy-wslite</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.3</version>
+			<version>${groovy-wslite.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
         <junit.platform.version>1.0.0</junit.platform.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.4.0</hsqldb.version>
         <spock-core.version>1.1-groovy-2.4</spock-core.version>
+		<groovy-wslite.version>1.1.3</groovy-wslite.version>        
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
         <groovy.version>2.5.7</groovy.version>