diff --git a/examples/as7-eap-demo/customer-app/pom.xml b/examples/as7-eap-demo/customer-app/pom.xml
index acd75e4bd148..bdd517d293f9 100755
--- a/examples/as7-eap-demo/customer-app/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/as7-eap-demo/customer-app/pom.xml
@@ -23,13 +23,7 @@
     </repositories>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
+         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
diff --git a/examples/as7-eap-demo/database-service/pom.xml b/examples/as7-eap-demo/database-service/pom.xml
index c202657b836b..69a193646c78 100755
--- a/examples/as7-eap-demo/database-service/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/as7-eap-demo/database-service/pom.xml
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@
     </repositories>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
             <artifactId>resteasy-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/as7-eap-demo/product-app/pom.xml b/examples/as7-eap-demo/product-app/pom.xml
index 07ea37a0b403..92563e77b106 100755
--- a/examples/as7-eap-demo/product-app/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/as7-eap-demo/product-app/pom.xml
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@
     </repositories>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d01a72c6a32d..6033241e7d63 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <resteasy.version>3.0.2.Final</resteasy.version>
+        <picketlink.version>2.5.0.Keycloak-alpha-1</picketlink.version>
     </properties>
 
     <url>http://keycloak.org</url>
@@ -139,27 +140,27 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.picketlink</groupId>
                 <artifactId>picketlink-common</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <version>${picketlink.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.picketlink</groupId>
                 <artifactId>picketlink-idm-api</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <version>${picketlink.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.picketlink</groupId>
                 <artifactId>picketlink-idm-impl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <version>${picketlink.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.picketlink</groupId>
                 <artifactId>picketlink-idm-schema</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <version>${picketlink.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.picketlink</groupId>
                 <artifactId>picketlink-config</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <version>${picketlink.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>