diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e53954fe0c..39700a79b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -360,6 +360,11 @@
 
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>com.github.sdorra</groupId>
+          <artifactId>buildfrontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.1.0</version>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -769,6 +774,10 @@
     <guava.version>26.0-jre</guava.version>
     <quartz.version>2.2.3</quartz.version>
 
+    <!-- frontend -->
+    <nodejs.version>8.11.4</nodejs.version>
+    <yarn.version>1.9.4</yarn.version>
+
     <!-- build properties -->
     <project.build.javaLevel>1.8</project.build.javaLevel>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/pom.xml
index 7aca95359d..16a74549e5 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -139,14 +139,13 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.sdorra</groupId>
         <artifactId>buildfrontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <node>
-            <version>8.11.3</version>
+            <version>${nodejs.version}</version>
           </node>
           <pkgManager>
             <type>YARN</type>
-            <version>1.7.0</version>
+            <version>${yarn.version}</version>
           </pkgManager>
           <failOnMissingPackageJson>false</failOnMissingPackageJson>
           <script>build</script>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
index 3cefac6295..11e2a40bd0 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -64,16 +64,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.sdorra</groupId>
         <artifactId>buildfrontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <node>
-            <version>8.11.4</version>
-          </node>
-          <pkgManager>
-            <type>YARN</type>
-            <version>1.9.4</version>
-          </pkgManager>
-        </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>link-ui-types</id>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
index 3a9ab4b5a5..3da97d09e8 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -71,16 +71,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.sdorra</groupId>
         <artifactId>buildfrontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <node>
-            <version>8.11.4</version>
-          </node>
-          <pkgManager>
-            <type>YARN</type>
-            <version>1.9.4</version>
-          </pkgManager>
-        </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>link-ui-types</id>
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
index ebab79fcd9..6d99ff713c 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -58,16 +58,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.sdorra</groupId>
         <artifactId>buildfrontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <node>
-            <version>8.11.4</version>
-          </node>
-          <pkgManager>
-            <type>YARN</type>
-            <version>1.9.4</version>
-          </pkgManager>
-        </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>link-ui-types</id>
diff --git a/scm-ui-components/pom.xml b/scm-ui-components/pom.xml
index def6c52433..19e8bc7a49 100644
--- a/scm-ui-components/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-ui-components/pom.xml
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
+
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.sdorra</groupId>
         <artifactId>buildfrontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <node>
-            <version>8.11.4</version>
+            <version>${nodejs.version}</version>
           </node>
           <pkgManager>
             <type>YARN</type>
-            <version>1.9.4</version>
+            <version>${yarn.version}</version>
           </pkgManager>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/scm-ui/pom.xml b/scm-ui/pom.xml
index ba31c1117d..abe87e697f 100644
--- a/scm-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-ui/pom.xml
@@ -31,14 +31,13 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.sdorra</groupId>
         <artifactId>buildfrontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <node>
-            <version>8.11.4</version>
+            <version>${nodejs.version}</version>
           </node>
           <pkgManager>
             <type>YARN</type>
-            <version>1.9.4</version>
+            <version>${yarn.version}</version>
           </pkgManager>
           <script>run</script>
         </configuration>