diff --git a/http/itest/pom.xml b/http/itest/pom.xml
index 4cb1985..47e05f9 100644
--- a/http/itest/pom.xml
+++ b/http/itest/pom.xml
@@ -34,8 +34,26 @@
 	    <felix.java.version>7</felix.java.version>
 		<pax.exam.version>4.4.0</pax.exam.version>
 		<pax.url.aether.version>2.4.1</pax.url.aether.version>
+		<http.api.version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</http.api.version>
+		<http.servlet.api.version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</http.servlet.api.version>
+		<http.jetty.version>3.0.3-SNAPSHOT</http.jetty.version>
 	</properties>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <systemPropertyVariables>                    
+                 		<http.api.version>${http.api.version}</http.api.version>
+ 		                <http.servlet.api.version>${http.servlet.api.version}</http.servlet.api.version>
+                		<http.jetty.version>${http.jetty.version}</http.jetty.version>
+                    </systemPropertyVariables>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>  
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
@@ -67,19 +85,19 @@
 			<scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org.apache.felix.http.api</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>${http.api.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org.apache.felix.http.servlet-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>${http.servlet.api.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org.apache.felix.http.jetty</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>${http.jetty.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.exam</groupId>