diff --git a/akka-fun-test-java/pom.xml b/akka-fun-test-java/pom.xml
index f6e6a727b7..8f8a6b41fc 100644
--- a/akka-fun-test-java/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-fun-test-java/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.grizzly</groupId>
       <artifactId>grizzly-servlet-webserver</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8.6.3</version>
+      <version>${grizzly.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/akka-kernel/pom.xml b/akka-kernel/pom.xml
index 3d0f0f9313..f021c59e67 100755
--- a/akka-kernel/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-kernel/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.grizzly</groupId>
       <artifactId>grizzly-comet-webserver</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8.6.3</version>
+      <version>${grizzly.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
diff --git a/akka-rest/pom.xml b/akka-rest/pom.xml
index 9dc47f6db8..85f42b4aba 100644
--- a/akka-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-rest/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.grizzly</groupId>
       <artifactId>grizzly-comet-webserver</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8.6.3</version>
+      <version>${grizzly.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4bbf7686ef..d89166c09d 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <atmosphere.version>0.4.1</atmosphere.version>
     <jersey.version>1.1.4</jersey.version>
+    <grizzly.version>1.9.18-i</grizzly.version>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>