diff --git a/phenol-cli/pom.xml b/phenol-cli/pom.xml
index ecf9e1a6f..41d7628b5 100644
--- a/phenol-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/phenol-cli/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
       <artifactId>picocli</artifactId>
-      <version>4.5.2</version>
+      <version>${picocli.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd108e1ef..dd4b5db80 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.7.32</slf4j.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.15</commons-codec.version>
     <h2.version>1.4.200</h2.version>
+    <picocli.version>4.6.3</picocli.version>
 
     <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
     <junit.jupiter.version>5.7.0</junit.jupiter.version>