diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cf73b34a373..87b9621c3eb 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -499,9 +499,8 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-            <version>5.8</version>
+            <version>${testng-version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <classifier>jdk15</classifier>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
@@ -610,5 +609,6 @@
         <compat-version>2.0.1</compat-version>
         <shiro-version>1.2.4</shiro-version>
         <commons-pool2>2.4.2</commons-pool2>
+        <testng-version>6.9.10</testng-version>
     </properties>
 </project>