diff --git a/common-utils/pom.xml b/common-utils/pom.xml
index a120f832f2..fc3c105de0 100644
--- a/common-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/common-utils/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <logback-version>1.4.11</logback-version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback-version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea081d8152..31bf11fca6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
         <commons-compress-version>1.21</commons-compress-version>
         <smile-version>2.5.3</smile-version>
         <xstream-version>1.4.19</xstream-version>
+        <logback-version>1.4.11</logback-version>
 
         <!-- Plugins versions -->
         <exec-maven-version>3.0.0</exec-maven-version>