diff --git a/connectors/mongodb-api/pom.xml b/connectors/mongodb-api/pom.xml
index 4a1e950ac4..ee4e80501b 100644
--- a/connectors/mongodb-api/pom.xml
+++ b/connectors/mongodb-api/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
           <artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
-          <version>2.11.1</version>
+          <version>${version.mongo-java-driver}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 14031b6361..a967319ae3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
         <version.com.force.api>26.0.0</version.com.force.api>
         <version.org.hibernate>4.1.1.Final</version.org.hibernate>
         <version.org.apache.lucene>3.6.2</version.org.apache.lucene>
+        <version.mongo-java-driver>2.11.1</version.mongo-java-driver> 
         <cxf.version>2.6.6</cxf.version>
 	</properties>
 	<scm>