diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed920f211..f74bcc226 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
         <mockk.version>1.10.0</mockk.version>
         <external.platforms.scope>provided</external.platforms.scope>
         <hadoop.version>3.3.6</hadoop.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
         <!-- To be overridden by individual modules -->
         <java-module-name>org.apache.wayang.default</java-module-name>
         <code.coverage.project.folder>${basedir}/</code.coverage.project.folder>
@@ -784,6 +785,18 @@
                 <artifactId>parquet-encoding</artifactId>
                 <version>${parquet.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+                <artifactId>mockito-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>${mockito.version}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -808,14 +821,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/wayang-applications/pom.xml b/wayang-applications/pom.xml
index 5d8443117..bcc0f847e 100644
--- a/wayang-applications/pom.xml
+++ b/wayang-applications/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.6</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/wayang-commons/wayang-basic/pom.xml b/wayang-commons/wayang-basic/pom.xml
index bc3d313e4..b35a453de 100644
--- a/wayang-commons/wayang-basic/pom.xml
+++ b/wayang-commons/wayang-basic/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/wayang-platforms/wayang-java/pom.xml b/wayang-platforms/wayang-java/pom.xml
index b3ede6a96..d4f439226 100644
--- a/wayang-platforms/wayang-java/pom.xml
+++ b/wayang-platforms/wayang-java/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/wayang-plugins/wayang-spatial/pom.xml b/wayang-plugins/wayang-spatial/pom.xml
index 3b5de5320..e3498a8c3 100644
--- a/wayang-plugins/wayang-spatial/pom.xml
+++ b/wayang-plugins/wayang-spatial/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${mockito.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>