diff --git a/.build/dependencies.props b/.build/dependencies.props
index cf64202c00..8dc514a97a 100644
--- a/.build/dependencies.props
+++ b/.build/dependencies.props
@@ -85,4 +85,7 @@
     <SystemTextJsonPackageVersion>6.0.6</SystemTextJsonPackageVersion>
     <TimeZoneConverterPackageVersion>6.1.0</TimeZoneConverterPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Maven Package Reference Versions">
+    <OpenNLPToolsMavenReferenceVersion>1.9.4</OpenNLPToolsMavenReferenceVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Lucene.Net.Analysis.OpenNLP/Lucene.Net.Analysis.OpenNLP.csproj b/src/Lucene.Net.Analysis.OpenNLP/Lucene.Net.Analysis.OpenNLP.csproj
index 42c709c1d6..7a06847b8b 100644
--- a/src/Lucene.Net.Analysis.OpenNLP/Lucene.Net.Analysis.OpenNLP.csproj
+++ b/src/Lucene.Net.Analysis.OpenNLP/Lucene.Net.Analysis.OpenNLP.csproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <MavenReference Include="org.apache.opennlp:opennlp-tools" Version="1.9.4" />
+    <MavenReference Include="org.apache.opennlp:opennlp-tools" Version="$(OpenNLPToolsMavenReferenceVersion)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>