diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f833cdb8e49..7e06b5f12952 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
     <surefire-plugin.version>2.20</surefire-plugin.version>
     <failsafe-plugin.version>2.20</failsafe-plugin.version>
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+    <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
     <maven-exec-plugin.version>1.4.0</maven-exec-plugin.version>
     <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.0.2</maven-jar-plugin.version>
     <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.0.2</maven-resources-plugin.version>
@@ -1632,7 +1633,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0</version>
+        <version>${maven-dependency-plugin.version}</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals><goal>analyze-only</goal></goals>
diff --git a/runners/apex/pom.xml b/runners/apex/pom.xml
index f1a8a6245a4f..4a36bec8ab2c 100644
--- a/runners/apex/pom.xml
+++ b/runners/apex/pom.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Beam -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
+      <artifactId>beam-sdks-common-runner-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>beam-sdks-java-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/runners/spark/pom.xml b/runners/spark/pom.xml
index 2c8372b754ef..697f67aadaec 100644
--- a/runners/spark/pom.xml
+++ b/runners/spark/pom.xml
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@
       <version>2.10.5</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
+      <artifactId>beam-sdks-common-runner-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>beam-sdks-java-core</artifactId>