diff --git a/jansi/pom.xml b/jansi/pom.xml
index 4072521b..2eed4488 100644
--- a/jansi/pom.xml
+++ b/jansi/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.fusesource.jansi</groupId>
       <artifactId>jansi-native</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>${jansi-native-version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Bundle in the native libs for Windows, OS X, and 
@@ -49,31 +49,31 @@
       <groupId>org.fusesource.jansi</groupId>
       <artifactId>jansi-native</artifactId>
       <classifier>windows32</classifier>
-      <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>${jansi-native-version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.fusesource.jansi</groupId>
       <artifactId>jansi-native</artifactId>
       <classifier>windows64</classifier>
-      <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>${jansi-native-version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.fusesource.jansi</groupId>
       <artifactId>jansi-native</artifactId>
       <classifier>osx</classifier>
-      <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>${jansi-native-version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.fusesource.jansi</groupId>
       <artifactId>jansi-native</artifactId>
       <classifier>linux32</classifier>
-      <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>${jansi-native-version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.fusesource.jansi</groupId>
       <artifactId>jansi-native</artifactId>
       <classifier>linux64</classifier>
-      <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>${jansi-native-version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 462d8edf..4e6772c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <forge-project-id-uc>JANSI</forge-project-id-uc>
     
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    
+    <jansi-native-version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</jansi-native-version>
     <scalate-version>1.5.1</scalate-version>
     <scalamd-version>1.5</scalamd-version>    
     <slf4j-version>1.6.1</slf4j-version>