diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 405902fc7f..41ad1bdefc 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.4</version>
+          <version>${maven-site-plugin.version}</version>
           <configuration>
             <outputDirectory>./target</outputDirectory>
           </configuration>
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.2</version>
+          <version>${maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version}</version>
           <configuration>
             <customBundle>${project.basedir}/src/site/custom/project-info-report.properties</customBundle>
             <dependencyLocationsEnabled>false</dependencyLocationsEnabled>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b72a998354..f1da33dd15 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,26 +56,51 @@
     <distMgmtStagingName>Apache Release Distribution Repository</distMgmtStagingName>
     <distMgmtStagingUrl>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</distMgmtStagingUrl>
 
+    <!--dependency versions in alphabetical order-->
+    <asynchttpclient.version>2.12.3</asynchttpclient.version>
+    <bouncycastle.version>1.70</bouncycastle.version>
+    <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>1.8</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
+    <buildnumber-maven-plugin.version>1.1</buildnumber-maven-plugin.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>8.35</checkstyle.version>
+    <codehaus.mojo.version>1.3.2</codehaus.mojo.version>
+    <commons-cli.version>1.2</commons-cli.version>
+    <commons-codec.version>1.13</commons-codec.version>
+    <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
+    <commons-io.version>2.8.0</commons-io.version>
+    <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
     <clover.license>${user.home}/clover.license</clover.license>
+    <dependency-check-maven.version>1.3.6</dependency-check-maven.version>
+    <findbugs-maven-plugin.version>3.0.5</findbugs-maven-plugin.version>
+    <frontend-maven-plugin.version>1.8.0</frontend-maven-plugin.version>
     <guava.version>31.1-jre</guava.version>
     <hadoop.version>3.3.4</hadoop.version>
+    <jdk.tools.version>1.8</jdk.tools.version>
+    <jersey.version>1.19</jersey.version>
+    <jettison.version>1.5.4</jettison.version>
+    <jsr305.version>3.0.0</jsr305.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
+    <leveldbjni-all.version>1.8</leveldbjni-all.version>
+    <lifecycle-mapping.version>1.0.0</lifecycle-mapping.version>
+    <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+    <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
+    <maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>
+    <maven-shade-plugin.version>3.2.4</maven-shade-plugin.version>
+    <maven-site-plugin.version>2.4</maven-site-plugin.version>
+    <metrics-core.version>3.1.0</metrics-core.version>
+    <mockito-core.version>4.3.1</mockito-core.version>
     <netty.version>4.1.72.Final</netty.version>
     <pig.version>0.13.0</pig.version>
-    <jersey.version>1.19</jersey.version>
-    <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.21.1</protobuf.version>
-    <roaringbitmap.version>0.7.45</roaringbitmap.version>
-    <bouncycastle.version>1.70</bouncycastle.version>
+    <protoc-jar-maven-plugin.version>3.11.4</protoc-jar-maven-plugin.version>
     <protoc.path>${env.PROTOC_PATH}</protoc.path>
-    <scm.url>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/tez.git</scm.url>
-    <frontend-maven-plugin.version>1.8.0</frontend-maven-plugin.version>
-    <findbugs-maven-plugin.version>3.0.5</findbugs-maven-plugin.version>
-    <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
-    <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
-    <checkstyle.version>8.35</checkstyle.version>
-    <dependency-check-maven.version>1.3.6</dependency-check-maven.version>
     <restrict-imports.enforcer.version>2.0.0</restrict-imports.enforcer.version>
+    <roaringbitmap.version>0.7.45</roaringbitmap.version>
+    <scm.url>scm:git:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/tez.git</scm.url>
+    <servlet-api.version>3.1.0</servlet-api.version>
+    <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
     <test.build.data>${project.build.directory}/tmp</test.build.data>
+    <wro4j-maven-plugin.version>1.7.9</wro4j-maven-plugin.version>
+
     <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip> <!-- enabled only in relevant modules separately -->
   </properties>
   <scm>
@@ -232,7 +257,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
         <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.0</version>
+        <version>${metrics-core.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.roaringbitmap</groupId>
@@ -247,7 +272,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.asynchttpclient</groupId>
         <artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
-        <version>2.12.3</version>
+        <version>${asynchttpclient.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
@@ -263,12 +288,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.0</version>
+        <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6</version>
+        <version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
@@ -279,12 +304,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
         <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.0</version>
+        <version>${servlet-api.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-        <version>1.13</version>
+        <version>${commons-codec.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -709,22 +734,22 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
         <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3.1</version>
+        <version>${mockito-core.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-        <version>4.1</version>
+        <version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2</version>
+        <version>${commons-cli.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>4.13.2</version>
+        <version>${junit.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -740,12 +765,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
         <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.4</version>
+        <version>${jettison.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0</version>
+        <version>${jsr305.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
@@ -772,7 +797,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.fusesource.leveldbjni</groupId>
         <artifactId>leveldbjni-all</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8</version>
+        <version>${leveldbjni-all.version}</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
@@ -850,7 +875,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-          <version>1.3.2</version>
+          <version>${codehaus.mojo.version}</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
@@ -881,6 +906,11 @@
             </excludes>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>com.github.os72</groupId>
+          <artifactId>protoc-jar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${protoc-jar-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -939,7 +969,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.8</version>
+          <version>${build-helper-maven-plugin.version}</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <phase>validate</phase>
@@ -953,7 +983,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.1</version>
+          <version>${buildnumber-maven-plugin.version}</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <phase>validate</phase>
@@ -970,7 +1000,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
           <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
+          <version>${lifecycle-mapping.version}</version>
           <configuration>
             <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
               <pluginExecutions>
@@ -994,7 +1024,7 @@
          <plugin>
           <groupId>ro.isdc.wro4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>wro4j-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.7.9</version>
+          <version>${wro4j-maven-plugin.version}</version>
             <dependencies>
               <!-- TODO: Remove this dependency after upgrading wro4j-maven-plugin to 1.8.1 or later. -->
               <dependency>
@@ -1292,7 +1322,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
           <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
-          <version>1.8</version>
+          <version>${jdk.tools.version}</version>
           <scope>system</scope>
           <systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/tez-api/pom.xml b/tez-api/pom.xml
index 523fa6ed69..891e5c985e 100644
--- a/tez-api/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-api/pom.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.os72</groupId>
         <artifactId>protoc-jar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.11.4</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
diff --git a/tez-dag/pom.xml b/tez-dag/pom.xml
index c2baf0c0d2..47e078aa66 100644
--- a/tez-dag/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-dag/pom.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.os72</groupId>
         <artifactId>protoc-jar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.11.4</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
diff --git a/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml b/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
index ddf5392fa4..a96be33cea 100644
--- a/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.os72</groupId>
         <artifactId>protoc-jar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.11.4</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
diff --git a/tez-mapreduce/pom.xml b/tez-mapreduce/pom.xml
index 7a70d5ecac..9dd20a02f1 100644
--- a/tez-mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.os72</groupId>
         <artifactId>protoc-jar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.11.4</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-aux-services/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-aux-services/pom.xml
index 32a0f2de9c..54957d1cfd 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-aux-services/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-aux-services/pom.xml
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.4</version>
+        <version>${maven-shade-plugin.version}</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-protobuf-history-plugin/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-protobuf-history-plugin/pom.xml
index 98678fd53e..9283d27c54 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-protobuf-history-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-protobuf-history-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.os72</groupId>
         <artifactId>protoc-jar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.11.4</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
diff --git a/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml b/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
index 66090c5764..4942929e01 100644
--- a/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.os72</groupId>
         <artifactId>protoc-jar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.11.4</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
diff --git a/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml b/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml
index b83ae463d5..c1b40bac88 100644
--- a/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.os72</groupId>
         <artifactId>protoc-jar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.11.4</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-sources</phase>