diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 346ed3450b7fc058f33f8e8cc75172cf4fe82305..80e273fe07d605df0b400403aadf874a0eb40d2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
     <slf4jVersion>1.7.4</slf4jVersion> <!-- < 1.6.x version didn't specify the license (MIT) -->
     <maven-plugin.version>2.1</maven-plugin.version>
+    <matrix-project.version>1.2.1-20150204.194845-1</matrix-project.version>
     <animal.sniffer.skip>${skipTests}</animal.sniffer.skip>
 
     <java.level>6</java.level>
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 679ad99c6079302e09b51982dff30170216d91fe..bc1663d23805225c425acdb5b13ef59f8e090dc6 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>matrix-project</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-beta-1</version>
+      <version>${matrix-project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
diff --git a/war/pom.xml b/war/pom.xml
index c0e22670e4c42d9826331d18d463b4f26045e6da..9df8d747060a0e0b37dc01fc30871a46e386ba7c 100644
--- a/war/pom.xml
+++ b/war/pom.xml
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
                 <artifactItem>
                   <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
                   <artifactId>matrix-project</artifactId>
-                  <version>1.2.1-20150204.194845-1</version>
+                  <version>${matrix-project.version}</version>
                   <type>hpi</type>
                 </artifactItem>
                 <artifactItem>