diff --git a/aws/pom.xml b/aws/pom.xml
index 881ba6522d..681b76cfd4 100644
--- a/aws/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/pom.xml
@@ -7,29 +7,36 @@
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>aws</name>
 
+	<properties>
+		<commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
+		<aws-lambda-java-events.version>1.3.0</aws-lambda-java-events.version>
+		<aws-lambda-java-core.version>1.1.0</aws-lambda-java-core.version>
+		<gson.version>2.8.0</gson.version>
+	</properties>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
 			<artifactId>aws-lambda-java-core</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.0</version>
+			<version>${aws-lambda-java-core.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
 			<artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3.0</version>
+			<version>${aws-lambda-java-events.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
+			<version>${commons-io.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-			<version>2.8.0</version>
+			<version>${gson.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>