diff --git a/spring-rest-full/pom.xml b/spring-rest-full/pom.xml
index 5bc3a70ed5..a2736ba03c 100644
--- a/spring-rest-full/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest-full/pom.xml
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
             <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+            <version>${xml-apis.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
@@ -284,6 +285,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- various -->
         <xstream.version>1.4.9</xstream.version>
+        <xml-apis.version>1.4.01</xml-apis.version>
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
@@ -294,4 +296,4 @@
         <apt-maven-plugin.version>1.1.3</apt-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml b/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
index 7ee658d8ba..293bac9479 100644
--- a/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
             <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+            <version>${xml-apis.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
@@ -350,6 +351,7 @@
         <!-- various -->
         <xstream.version>1.4.9</xstream.version>
         <javassist.version>3.21.0-GA</javassist.version>
+        <xml-apis.version>1.4.01</xml-apis.version>
 		
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
@@ -359,4 +361,4 @@
         <apt-maven-plugin.version>1.1.3</apt-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>