diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml b/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml
index ba84f24c02..ac8a41b86c 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,23 @@
   <name>Zeppelin: Zengine</name>
   <description>Zeppelin Zengine</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <!--library versions-->
+    <commons.vfs2.version>2.0</commons.vfs2.version>
+    <aws.sdk.s3.version>1.10.62</aws.sdk.s3.version>
+    <azure.storage.version>4.0.0</azure.storage.version>
+    <jackrabbit.webdav.version>1.5.2</jackrabbit.webdav.version>
+    <quartz.scheduler.version>2.2.1</quartz.scheduler.version>
+    <lucene.version>5.3.1</lucene.version>
+    <org.reflections.version>0.9.8</org.reflections.version>
+    <xml.apis.version>1.4.01</xml.apis.version>
+    <eclipse.jgit.version>4.1.1.201511131810-r</eclipse.jgit.version>
+
+    <!--test library versions-->
+    <mockito.all.version>1.9.0</mockito.all.version>
+    <google.truth.version>0.27</google.truth.version>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
@@ -41,32 +58,6 @@
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
-      <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-s3</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.62</version>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
-      <artifactId>azure-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
@@ -95,13 +86,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-vfs2</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0</version>
+      <version>${commons.vfs2.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackrabbit-webdav</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.2</version>
+      <version>${jackrabbit.webdav.version}</version>
        <exclusions>
          <exclusion>
            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
@@ -113,7 +104,32 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>4.3.6</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
+      <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-s3</artifactId>
+      <version>${aws.sdk.s3.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
+      <artifactId>azure-storage</artifactId>
+      <version>${azure.storage.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -131,7 +147,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.quartz-scheduler</groupId>
       <artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.1</version>
+      <version>${quartz.scheduler.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -147,31 +163,31 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
       <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.3.1</version>
+      <version>${lucene.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
       <artifactId>lucene-analyzers-common</artifactId>
-      <version>5.3.1</version>
+      <version>${lucene.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
       <artifactId>lucene-queryparser</artifactId>
-      <version>5.3.1</version>
+      <version>${lucene.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
       <artifactId>lucene-highlighter</artifactId>
-      <version>5.3.1</version>
+      <version>${lucene.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
       <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.8</version>
+      <version>${org.reflections.version}</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -187,13 +203,13 @@
     <dependency> <!-- because there are two of them above  -->
       <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
       <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.01</version>
+      <version>${xml.apis.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.1.201511131810-r</version>
+      <version>${eclipse.jgit.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -205,14 +221,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.0</version>
+      <version>${mockito.all.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
       <artifactId>truth</artifactId>
-      <version>0.27</version>
+      <version>${google.truth.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -249,7 +265,6 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17</version>
         <configuration>
           <forkMode>always</forkMode>
         </configuration>