diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7af03e30fd..5f75924fc8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <version>1.6.1</version>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@
   </build>
 
   <properties>
+    <slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
     <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
     <guice.version>2.0</guice.version>
-    <jersey.version>1.5-ea01</jersey.version>
+    <jersey.version>1.5-ea02</jersey.version>
     <ehcache.version>2.2.0</ehcache.version>
     <project.build.javaLevel>1.6</project.build.javaLevel>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index c1c2b501e1..82c2ba31cd 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.1</version>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>