diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c81bd7f82089..d8f1c536a023 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@
         <lucene.version>7.7.2</lucene.version>
         <lux.version>1.2</lux.version>
         <lux.saxon.version>9.5.1-3</lux.saxon.version>
+        <mariadb.version>2.4.1</mariadb.version>
         <maven.failsafe.version>3.0.0-M3</maven.failsafe.version>
         <maven.surefire.version>3.0.0-M3</maven.surefire.version>
         <!-- Mina version is not the latest version due to Apache FTPServer 1.0.6 not supporting newer releases properly -->
@@ -431,14 +432,25 @@
                     <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
                     <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
                     <version>${dependency-check-maven.version}</version>
+                    <dependencies>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>ddf.support</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>support-owasp</artifactId>
+                            <version>${ddf.support.version}</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
+                            <version>${mariadb.version}</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
                     <configuration>
-                        <!-- The following properties enable using a mirror for nist NVD data -->
-                        <cveUrlModified>${owasp.cveUrlModified}</cveUrlModified>
-                        <cveUrlBase>${owasp.cveUrlBase}</cveUrlBase>
-                        <!-- End NVD mirror configuration -->
-                        <!-- Commented out as we make a process for handling these -->
-                        <!--<failBuildOnCVSS>7</failBuildOnCVSS>-->
-                        <!-- occasionally seeing a "Failed to request component-reports" error -->
+                        <!-- The following properties enable using a centralized nvd server -->
+                        <autoUpdate>${owasp.autoUpdate}</autoUpdate>
+                        <databaseDriverName>${owasp.database.driverName}</databaseDriverName>
+                        <connectionString>${owasp.database.url}</connectionString>
+                        <serverId>${owasp.serverId}</serverId>
+                        <!-- End Centralized NVD Server Configuration -->
                         <failOnError>false</failOnError>
                         <skipTestScope>true</skipTestScope>
                         <!--Disable by plugin maintainer recommendation on https://github.com/jeremylong/DependencyCheck/issues/978#issuecomment-349620687-->