diff --git a/openjpa-features/src/main/feature/feature.xml b/openjpa-features/src/main/feature/feature.xml
index d32e459a64..7f8d47610f 100644
--- a/openjpa-features/src/main/feature/feature.xml
+++ b/openjpa-features/src/main/feature/feature.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
mvn:org.apache.geronimo.specs/geronimo-annotation_1.0_spec/1.1.1
mvn:org.apache.geronimo.specs/geronimo-el_1.0_spec/1.0.1
mvn:org.apache.commons/commons-pool2/2.6.0
- mvn:org.apache.commons/commons-dbcp2/2.7.0
+ mvn:org.apache.commons/commons-dbcp2/${dbcp2.version}
mvn:org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.serp/1.14.1_1
mvn:org.apache.xbean/xbean-asm9-shaded/${xbean.version}
mvn:org.apache.openjpa/openjpa/${project.version}