diff --git a/apps/showcase/pom.xml b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
index 84c4e32fc..900c85693 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@
 
         <!-- BeanValidation Example -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>6.1.2.Final</version>
+            <version>${hibernate-validator.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/plugins/bean-validation/pom.xml b/plugins/bean-validation/pom.xml
index b8b6b7d58..56fe9b03d 100644
--- a/plugins/bean-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/bean-validation/pom.xml
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>6.1.2.Final</version>
+            <version>${hibernate-validator.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d92d97d78..0419d114e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
         <tiles.version>3.0.8</tiles.version>
         <tiles-request.version>1.0.7</tiles-request.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M4</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <hibernate-validator.version>6.1.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
         <!-- Site generation -->
         <fluido-skin.version>1.9</fluido-skin.version>