diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 22dab3dba8..14a45c443c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.zanata</groupId>
         <artifactId>zanata-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.0</version>
+        <version>${zanata.client.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <srcDir>.</srcDir>
           <transDir>.</transDir>
diff --git a/zanata-war/pom.xml b/zanata-war/pom.xml
index 8e2c91af6c..c21b6d1567 100644
--- a/zanata-war/pom.xml
+++ b/zanata-war/pom.xml
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
           <excludes>**/*_default.properties</excludes>
         </configuration>
         <artifactId>zanata-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.0</version>
+        <version>${zanata.client.version}</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>