diff --git a/drdsreader/pom.xml b/drdsreader/pom.xml
index 71c7108d..e38884ab 100755
--- a/drdsreader/pom.xml
+++ b/drdsreader/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
 		    <groupId>mysql</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-		    <version>5.1.34</version>
+		    <version>${mysql.driver.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/drdswriter/pom.xml b/drdswriter/pom.xml
index 6a361760..35a7f28d 100755
--- a/drdswriter/pom.xml
+++ b/drdswriter/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.34</version>
+            <version>${mysql.driver.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/mysqlreader/pom.xml b/mysqlreader/pom.xml
index 08183272..621326ae 100755
--- a/mysqlreader/pom.xml
+++ b/mysqlreader/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		<dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.34</version>
+            <version>${mysql.driver.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/mysqlwriter/pom.xml b/mysqlwriter/pom.xml
index 11618022..1c3891f5 100755
--- a/mysqlwriter/pom.xml
+++ b/mysqlwriter/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		<dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.34</version>
+            <version>${mysql.driver.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/plugin-rdbms-util/pom.xml b/plugin-rdbms-util/pom.xml
index 1001a37c..e6884fb1 100755
--- a/plugin-rdbms-util/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin-rdbms-util/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 		<dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.34</version>
+            <version>${mysql.driver.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f3b827e..4f0bf65f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.encoding>UTF-8</maven.compiler.encoding>
+        <mysql.driver.version>5.1.47</mysql.driver.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>