diff --git a/Src/java/cql-to-elm/build.gradle b/Src/java/cql-to-elm/build.gradle
index 0458be486..5b782b882 100644
--- a/Src/java/cql-to-elm/build.gradle
+++ b/Src/java/cql-to-elm/build.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ plugins {
     id 'cql.xjc-conventions'
 }
 
+ext {
+    jacksonVersion = project['jackson.version']
+}
+
 dependencies {
     api project(':cql')
     api project(':model')
@@ -14,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies {
     // in the cql-to-elm project. Ideally, we'd factor out all serialization depedencies into common
     // libraries such that we could swap out jackson for something else. In the meantime, these are
     // "implementation" dependencies so that they are not exported downstream.
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations:2.15.2'
+    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations:${jacksonVersion}"
     testImplementation project(':elm-jackson')
     testImplementation project(':model-jackson')
     testImplementation project(':quick')
diff --git a/Src/java/elm-jackson/build.gradle b/Src/java/elm-jackson/build.gradle
index 4d91203c7..73bb1a2d8 100644
--- a/Src/java/elm-jackson/build.gradle
+++ b/Src/java/elm-jackson/build.gradle
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ plugins {
     id 'cql.library-conventions'
 }
 
+ext {
+    jacksonVersion = properties['jackson.version']
+}
+
 dependencies {
     api project(':model')
     api project(':elm')
-    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.10.0'
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.16.1'
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.16.1'
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:2.16.1'
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations:2.16.1'
+    api "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:${jacksonVersion}"
+    api "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations:${jacksonVersion}"
 }
diff --git a/Src/java/elm-jaxb/build.gradle b/Src/java/elm-jaxb/build.gradle
index deeea8646..e3f90a2ab 100644
--- a/Src/java/elm-jaxb/build.gradle
+++ b/Src/java/elm-jaxb/build.gradle
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
     api project(':elm')
-    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.10.0'
 }
diff --git a/Src/java/gradle.properties b/Src/java/gradle.properties
index f987c2aa7..9c4aedb6a 100644
--- a/Src/java/gradle.properties
+++ b/Src/java/gradle.properties
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ group=info.cqframework
 version=3.8.0-SNAPSHOT
 specification.version=1.5.2
 hapi.version=7.0.0
+jackson.version=2.16.1
 antlr.version=4.13.1
 android.api.level=28
diff --git a/Src/java/model-jackson/build.gradle b/Src/java/model-jackson/build.gradle
index d0f19b8c9..9f0fe1621 100644
--- a/Src/java/model-jackson/build.gradle
+++ b/Src/java/model-jackson/build.gradle
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ plugins {
     id 'cql.library-conventions'
 }
 
+ext {
+    jacksonVersion = project['jackson.version']
+}
+
 dependencies {
     api project(':model')
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.16.1'
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.16.1'
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:2.16.1'
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations:2.16.1'
+    api "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:${jacksonVersion}"
+    api "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations:${jacksonVersion}"
 
     testImplementation project(":quick")
     testImplementation project(":qdm")