diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a978f58fe3b1..ed1a076b8356 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
     <woodstox.version>4.4.1</woodstox.version>
     <spring.version>4.3.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
     <groovy-maven-plugin.version>2.0</groovy-maven-plugin.version>
+    <snappy-java.version>1.1.4-M3</snappy-java.version>
     <surefire-plugin.version>2.20</surefire-plugin.version>
     <failsafe-plugin.version>2.20</failsafe-plugin.version>
     <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.0.2</maven-resources-plugin.version>
@@ -993,6 +994,12 @@
         <version>${spring.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
+        <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
+        <version>${snappy-java.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <!-- Testing -->
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/sdks/java/core/pom.xml b/sdks/java/core/pom.xml
index 882657b1db4e..c5a81c012558 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/core/pom.xml
@@ -266,7 +266,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
       <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.4-M3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>