diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/pom.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/pom.xml
index e9768be7e..357a57367 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/pom.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-doiboost/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8</version>
+            <version>${common.text.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e88e1d51b..9897c8abe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -669,5 +669,6 @@
 		<common.compress.version>1.1</common.compress.version>
 		<json4s.version>3.5.3</json4s.version>
 		<jsonschemagenerator.version>4.13.0</jsonschemagenerator.version>
+		<common.text.version>1.8</common.text.version>
 	</properties>
 </project>