diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/pom.xml
index 9c704c9f40..536175acc2 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-algorithms-3/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.vdurmont</groupId>
             <artifactId>emoji-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.1</version>
+            <version>${emoji-java.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <validator.version>1.7</validator.version>
         <apache-commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</apache-commons-lang3.version>
+        <emoji-java.version>5.1.1</emoji-java.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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