diff --git a/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml b/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml
index 876f009d4..8758bd827 100644
--- a/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                 <version>2.9.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <failOnError>false</failOnError>
-                    <bottom>Copyright© 2012-15 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.</bottom>
+                    <bottom>Copyright© 2012-15 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.</bottom>
                 </configuration>
                 <reportSets>
                     <reportSet>
@@ -325,12 +325,10 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
index c01cdc0d2..a1cf447ee 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
@@ -361,6 +361,11 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
     </reporting>
     <dependencies>
         <!-- Note, to stay compatible with Jenkins installations only JARs compiled to 1.6 can be used -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
@@ -375,7 +380,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-ext</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -386,7 +390,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
             <artifactId>lucene-test-framework</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache.lucene.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -394,16 +397,9 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
             <artifactId>jmockit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.0</version>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
@@ -412,43 +408,35 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
             <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache.lucene.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
             <artifactId>lucene-analyzers-common</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache.lucene.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
             <artifactId>lucene-queryparser</artifactId>
-            <version>${apache.lucene.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
             <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.176</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.2</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
             <artifactId>mailapi</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- The following dependencies are only used during testing -->
         <dependency>
@@ -782,9 +770,4 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
             </dependencies>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-    <properties>
-        <!-- new versions of lucene are compiled with JDK 1.7 and cannot be used ubiquitously in Jenkins
-        this, we cannot upgrade beyond 4.7.2 -->
-        <apache.lucene.version>4.7.2</apache.lucene.version>
-    </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index deda516be..8bb94b7c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
+        <!-- new versions of lucene are compiled with JDK 1.7 and cannot be used ubiquitously in Jenkins
+        thus, we cannot upgrade beyond 4.7.2 -->
+        <apache.lucene.version>4.7.2</apache.lucene.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
     </properties>
@@ -355,6 +358,16 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
     </reporting>
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+                <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+                <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+                <version>1.3.176</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
@@ -369,14 +382,14 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                 <version>2.4</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+                <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+                <version>2.6</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+                <groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
+                <artifactId>mailapi</artifactId>
+                <version>1.5.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -399,6 +412,11 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                 <version>4.12</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+                <version>1.9</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
                 <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
@@ -409,6 +427,26 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                 <artifactId>ant-testutil</artifactId>
                 <version>1.9.5</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+                <artifactId>lucene-analyzers-common</artifactId>
+                <version>${apache.lucene.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+                <artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${apache.lucene.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+                <artifactId>lucene-queryparser</artifactId>
+                <version>${apache.lucene.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
+                <artifactId>lucene-test-framework</artifactId>
+                <version>${apache.lucene.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
@@ -444,6 +482,11 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                 <artifactId>maven-reporting-api</artifactId>
                 <version>3.0</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
+                <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
+                <version>1.7</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -458,6 +501,31 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                 <version>1.16</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
+                <version>1.7.2</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>slf4j-ext</artifactId>
+                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
+                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>