diff --git a/avatar-importer/pom.xml b/avatar-importer/pom.xml
index 6814b4b..d46ea05 100644
--- a/avatar-importer/pom.xml
+++ b/avatar-importer/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>${json-simple-version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/keycloak-d4science-bundle/pom.xml b/keycloak-d4science-bundle/pom.xml
index 0ddf588..c61acf2 100644
--- a/keycloak-d4science-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/keycloak-d4science-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>{json-simple-version}</version>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f38947..73d505c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<properties>
-		<json-simple-version>1.1</json-simple-version>
+		<json.simple.version>1.1</json.simple.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<modules>
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>${json-simple-version}</version>
+			<version>${json.simple.version}</version>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>