diff --git a/hbase/pom.xml b/hbase/pom.xml
index 3b2fc156cd..481221c03e 100644
--- a/hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase/pom.xml
@@ -32,10 +32,16 @@
   <name>Zeppelin: HBase interpreter</name>
 
   <properties>
+    <!--library versions-->
     <hbase.hbase.version>1.0.0</hbase.hbase.version>
     <hbase.hadoop.version>2.6.0</hbase.hadoop.version>
     <jruby.version>1.6.8</jruby.version>
     <protobuf.version>2.5.0</protobuf.version>
+    <commons.exec.version>1.1</commons.exec.version>
+    <jline.version>2.12.1</jline.version>
+
+    <!--test library versions-->
+    <hamcrest.all.version>1.3</hamcrest.all.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -49,19 +55,18 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-exec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1</version>
+      <version>${commons.exec.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
+      <version>${hamcrest.all.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jline</groupId>
       <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
-      <version>2.12.1</version>
+      <version>${jline.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -110,7 +115,6 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>enforce</id>
@@ -121,7 +125,6 @@
 
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>copy-dependencies</id>