diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d3ff4897..65106c35f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.source}</maven.compiler.target>
         <org.mockito.version>5.20.0</org.mockito.version>
+        <com.vmlens.version>1.2.19</com.vmlens.version>
         <!-- exclusion expression for e2e tests -->
         <testExclusions>**/e2e/*.java</testExclusions>
         <module-name>${project.groupId}.${project.artifactId}</module-name>
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.vmlens</groupId>
             <artifactId>api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.19</version>
+            <version>${com.vmlens.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>com.vmlens</groupId>
                         <artifactId>vmlens-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.2.19</version>
+                        <version>${com.vmlens.version}</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>test</id>