diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe8fb1e1e9..503ba99ba8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
                                 <artifactItem>
                                     <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
                                     <artifactId>tomcat</artifactId>
-                                    <version>7.0.53-alfresco</version>
+                                    <version>${dependency.tomcat.version}-alfresco</version>
                                     <classifier>win32</classifier>
                                     <type>zip</type>
                                     <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/binaries-windows</outputDirectory>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
                                 <artifactItem>
                                     <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
                                     <artifactId>tomcat</artifactId>
-                                    <version>7.0.53-alfresco</version>
+                                    <version>${dependency.tomcat.version}-alfresco</version>
                                     <classifier>win64</classifier>
                                     <type>zip</type>
                                     <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/binaries-windows-x64</outputDirectory>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
                                 <artifactItem>
                                     <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
                                     <artifactId>tomcat</artifactId>
-                                    <version>7.0.53-alfresco</version>
+                                    <version>${dependency.tomcat.version}-alfresco</version>
                                     <classifier>unix</classifier>
                                     <type>zip</type>
                                     <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/binaries-linux-x64</outputDirectory>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
                                 <artifactItem>
                                     <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
                                     <artifactId>tomcat</artifactId>
-                                    <version>7.0.53-alfresco</version>
+                                    <version>${dependency.tomcat.version}-alfresco</version>
                                     <classifier>unix</classifier>
                                     <type>zip</type>
                                     <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/binaries-osx-x64</outputDirectory>