diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a62ae9a..706496c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
       Installs OSGi bundles and configurations
       found in the JCR repository.
     </description>
+    
+    <properties>
+        <jackrabbit.version>2.7.5</jackrabbit.version>
+    </properties>
 
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/sling/trunk/installer/providers/jcr</connection>
@@ -140,10 +144,15 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackrabbit-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.5</version>
+            <version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-      <!-- Test -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
@@ -153,13 +162,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.apache.sling.commons.testing</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.6</version>
+            <version>2.0.24</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>