diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7b8007877..de8a301cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
     <ukp.wikipedia.version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</ukp.wikipedia.version>
     <fau.ptk.version>3.0.8</fau.ptk.version>
     <fau.utils.version>3.0.8</fau.utils.version>
+    <org.sweble.wikitext.version>3.1.9</org.sweble.wikitext.version>
+
     <spring.version>4.3.17.RELEASE</spring.version>
 
     <!-- DB specific dependency versions -->
@@ -267,17 +269,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.sweble.wikitext</groupId>
         <artifactId>swc-parser-lazy</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.7</version>
+        <version>${org.sweble.wikitext.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.sweble.wikitext</groupId>
         <artifactId>swc-engine</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.7</version>
+        <version>${org.sweble.wikitext.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.sweble.wom3</groupId>
         <artifactId>sweble-wom3-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.7</version>
+        <version>${org.sweble.wikitext.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>de.fau.cs.osr.ptk</groupId>