diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a2988b2ef9..11c840049e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@
     <guice.version>3.0</guice.version>
     <jersey.version>1.7</jersey.version>
     <ehcache.version>2.4.2</ehcache.version>
+    <freemarker.version>2.3.18</freemarker.version>
     <project.build.javaLevel>1.6</project.build.javaLevel>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <netbeans.hint.license>SCM-BSD</netbeans.hint.license>
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
index 19046bd8c8..06fb1a4baa 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
       <artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.16</version>
+      <version>${freemarker.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index 35941100a6..0b446b2b9f 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
       <artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.16</version>
+      <version>${freemarker.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>