diff --git a/spring-4/pom.xml b/spring-4/pom.xml
index be030a0abd..c17ded04fd 100644
--- a/spring-4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-4/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
             <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.3</version>
+            <version>${hikaricp.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-            <version>1.18.20</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@
         <flips-web.version>1.0.1</flips-web.version>
         <easymock.version>3.6</easymock.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.4.0</hsqldb.version>
+        <hikaricp.version>4.0.3</hikaricp.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/spring-5/pom.xml b/spring-5/pom.xml
index e1adb866d4..2284177dc0 100644
--- a/spring-5/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-5/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-			<version>4.0.3</version>
+			<version>${hikaricp.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
         <asciidoctor-plugin.version>1.5.6</asciidoctor-plugin.version>
         <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
         <snippetsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-snippets</snippetsDirectory>
+        <hikaricp.version>4.0.3</hikaricp.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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