diff --git a/lib/java/build.xml b/lib/java/build.xml
index 8b151c5..90b65e9 100644
--- a/lib/java/build.xml
+++ b/lib/java/build.xml
@@ -306,11 +306,11 @@
       <developer id="jfarrell" name="Jake Farrell"/>
 
       <!-- Thrift dependencies list -->
-      <dependency groupId="org.slf4j" artifactId="slf4j-api" version="1.5.8"/>
-      <dependency groupId="commons-lang" artifactId="commons-lang" version="2.5"/>
-      <dependency groupId="javax.servlet" artifactId="servlet-api" version="2.5" scope="provided"/>
-      <dependency groupId="org.apache.httpcomponents" artifactId="httpclient" version="4.1.3"/>      
-      <dependency groupId="org.apache.httpcomponents" artifactId="httpcore" version="4.1.3"/>
+      <dependency groupId="org.slf4j" artifactId="slf4j-api" version="${slf4j.version}"/>
+      <dependency groupId="commons-lang" artifactId="commons-lang" version="${commons-lang.version}"/>
+      <dependency groupId="javax.servlet" artifactId="servlet-api" version="${servlet.version}" scope="provided"/>
+      <dependency groupId="org.apache.httpcomponents" artifactId="httpclient" version="${httpclient.version}"/>
+      <dependency groupId="org.apache.httpcomponents" artifactId="httpcore" version="${httpcore.version}"/>
     </artifact:pom>
 
     <!-- Generate the pom file -->