diff --git a/basics/pom.xml b/basics/pom.xml
index 671f4c4d6..9890eb855 100644
--- a/basics/pom.xml
+++ b/basics/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<jaxb-core.version>2.3.0.1</jaxb-core.version>
+		<commons-beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils.version>
 		<cxf-codegen-plugin.version>3.3.13</cxf-codegen-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
 	<prerequisites>
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-				<version>1.9.3</version>
+				<version>${commons-beanutils.version}</version>
 				<exclusions>
 					<exclusion>
 						<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>