diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 67322d8..79936c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
+      <jackrabbit.version>2.12.2</jackrabbit.version>
         <!-- by default Slow tests are excluded - use -PincludeSlowTests to include them -->
         <sling.excluded.surefire.groups>org.apache.sling.commons.testing.junit.categories.Slow</sling.excluded.surefire.groups>
     </properties>
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackrabbit-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.10.2</version>
+			<version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@
         <dependency>
         	<groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
         	<artifactId>jackrabbit-jcr-commons</artifactId>
-        	<version>2.12.1</version>
+        	<version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
         	<scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>