diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77f3667586..28508e70af 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
     <libthrift.version>0.9.2</libthrift.version>
     <gson.version>2.2</gson.version>
     <guava.version>15.0</guava.version>
+    <jetty.version>9.2.15.v20160210</jetty.version>
 
     <PermGen>64m</PermGen>
     <MaxPermGen>512m</MaxPermGen>
diff --git a/zeppelin-server/pom.xml b/zeppelin-server/pom.xml
index b1c0cef631..19a95e4fde 100644
--- a/zeppelin-server/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-server/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <cxf.version>2.7.7</cxf.version>
-    <jetty.version>9.2.15.v20160210</jetty.version>
     <commons.httpclient.version>4.3.6</commons.httpclient.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml b/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml
index 0b1f5c4918..c43452ba1a 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml
@@ -130,19 +130,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-client</artifactId>
-      <version>9.2.15.v20160210</version>
+      <version>${jetty.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.websocket</groupId>
       <artifactId>websocket-client</artifactId>
-      <version>9.2.15.v20160210</version>
+      <version>${jetty.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.websocket</groupId>
       <artifactId>websocket-client</artifactId>
-      <version>9.2.15.v20160210</version>
+      <version>${jetty.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -242,21 +242,21 @@
 	<dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
-      <version>9.2.15.v20160210</version>
+      <version>${jetty.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
 	</dependency>
 
 	<dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
-      <version>9.2.15.v20160210</version>
+      <version>${jetty.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
 	</dependency>
 
 	<dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.websocket</groupId>
       <artifactId>websocket-server</artifactId>
-      <version>9.2.15.v20160210</version>
+      <version>${jetty.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
 	</dependency>