diff --git a/apache-geode/pom.xml b/apache-geode/pom.xml
index 57195a5991..195dfadd20 100644
--- a/apache-geode/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-geode/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.geode</groupId>
             <artifactId>geode-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${geode.core}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>