diff --git a/apache-cxf-modules/cxf-aegis/pom.xml b/apache-cxf-modules/cxf-aegis/pom.xml
index d013aabc65..6b9e026cdd 100644
--- a/apache-cxf-modules/cxf-aegis/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-cxf-modules/cxf-aegis/pom.xml
@@ -20,4 +20,8 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <properties>
+        <cxf.version>4.0.0</cxf.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
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