diff --git a/sshd-benchmarks/pom.xml b/sshd-benchmarks/pom.xml
index 7c2393931..f0ed72864 100644
--- a/sshd-benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/sshd-benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
         <uberjar.name>benchmarks</uberjar.name>
-        <sshd-version>${project.version}</sshd-version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -59,17 +58,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
             <artifactId>sshd-common</artifactId>
-            <version>${sshd-version}</version>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
             <artifactId>sshd-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${sshd-version}</version>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.sshd</groupId>
             <artifactId>sshd-sftp</artifactId>
-            <version>${sshd-version}</version>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>