diff --git a/commons-jcs-jcache-extras/pom.xml b/commons-jcs-jcache-extras/pom.xml
index 255c938..c3951ef 100644
--- a/commons-jcs-jcache-extras/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-jcs-jcache-extras/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans</groupId>
diff --git a/commons-jcs-jcache-openjpa/pom.xml b/commons-jcs-jcache-openjpa/pom.xml
index fc92e06..f5f764b 100644
--- a/commons-jcs-jcache-openjpa/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-jcs-jcache-openjpa/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
       <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
       <version>10.11.1.1</version>
diff --git a/commons-jcs-jcache/pom.xml b/commons-jcs-jcache/pom.xml
index 60c0fe0..fdd6839 100644
--- a/commons-jcs-jcache/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-jcs-jcache/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+        <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/commons-jcs-tck-tests/pom.xml b/commons-jcs-tck-tests/pom.xml
index 899aa35..dad9d8a 100644
--- a/commons-jcs-tck-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-jcs-tck-tests/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+      <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66183bf..074b289 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
         <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2</version>
+        <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@
 
     <test.type>Unit</test.type>
     <doclint>none</doclint>
+    <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
   </properties>
 
 </project>