diff --git a/oak-jcr/pom.xml b/oak-jcr/pom.xml
index 2a4d67c4b0..9b8c2f9bb6 100644
--- a/oak-jcr/pom.xml
+++ b/oak-jcr/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
   <properties>
+    <!-- Version of Jackrabbit used for testing -->
+    <jackrabbit.test.version>2.20.4</jackrabbit.test.version>
     <known.issues>
       org.apache.jackrabbit.test.api.AddNodeTest#testSameNameSiblings                                  <!-- OAK-203 -->
       org.apache.jackrabbit.test.api.SessionTest#testMoveConstraintViolationExceptionSrc               <!-- OAK-132 -->
@@ -406,27 +408,27 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
+      <version>${jackrabbit.test.version}</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
+      <version>${jackrabbit.test.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackrabbit-data</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
+      <version>${jackrabbit.test.version}</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackrabbit-jcr-server</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
+      <version>${jackrabbit.test.version}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/oak-parent/pom.xml b/oak-parent/pom.xml
index bf36bb5243..dfb71c26d6 100644
--- a/oak-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/oak-parent/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>
       ${project.build.sourceEncoding}
     </project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <jackrabbit.version>2.20.4</jackrabbit.version>
+    <jackrabbit.version>2.20.5</jackrabbit.version>
     <mongo.host>127.0.0.1</mongo.host>
     <mongo.port>27017</mongo.port>
     <mongo.db>MongoMKDB</mongo.db>
diff --git a/oak-upgrade/pom.xml b/oak-upgrade/pom.xml
index 3906edcf19..43eb8764e0 100644
--- a/oak-upgrade/pom.xml
+++ b/oak-upgrade/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
   <name>Oak upgrade</name>
   <description>Tooling for upgrading Jackrabbit repositories to Oak</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <!-- Version of Jackrabbit used for testing -->
+    <jackrabbit.test.version>2.20.4</jackrabbit.test.version>
+  </properties>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
@@ -134,12 +139,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
+      <version>${jackrabbit.test.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackrabbit-spi</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
+      <version>${jackrabbit.test.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- it has to match the version used in jackrabbit-core -->