diff --git a/debezium-bom/pom.xml b/debezium-bom/pom.xml
index 590113130..3c5572123 100644
--- a/debezium-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-bom/pom.xml
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- Kafka and it's dependencies MUST reflect what the Kafka version uses -->
-        <version.kafka>2.7.0</version.kafka>
-        <version.curator>4.2.0</version.curator>
-        <version.zookeeper>3.5.8</version.zookeeper>
-        <version.jackson>2.10.5</version.jackson>
-        <version.org.slf4j>1.7.30</version.org.slf4j>
-        <version.log4j>1.2.17</version.log4j>
-        <version.netty>4.1.51.Final</version.netty>
         <!-- check new release version at https://github.com/confluentinc/schema-registry/releases -->
         <version.confluent.platform>6.0.2</version.confluent.platform>
         <version.apicurio>1.3.2.Final</version.apicurio>
diff --git a/debezium-server/debezium-server-bom/pom.xml b/debezium-server/debezium-server-bom/pom.xml
index d922d0c88..4a603c55e 100644
--- a/debezium-server/debezium-server-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-server/debezium-server-bom/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,21 @@
 
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
+            <!-- Aligning versions/fixing scopes -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.commons.logging}</version>
+                <scope>runtime</scope>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.kafka}</version>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <!-- Quarkus dependencies -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>quarkus-bom</artifactId>
@@ -108,14 +123,6 @@
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
-
-            <!-- Aligning versions/fixing scopes -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                <version>${version.commons.logging}</version>
-                <scope>runtime</scope>
-            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 </project>
diff --git a/debezium-server/pom.xml b/debezium-server/pom.xml
index e971b8c51..c9db1a14f 100644
--- a/debezium-server/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-server/pom.xml
@@ -25,14 +25,6 @@
 
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-                <artifactId>quarkus-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>${quarkus.version}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
-
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
                 <artifactId>debezium-server-bom</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3f11b8ed9..53f3de39a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@
         <!-- Which Maven Central infra should be used -->
         <release.endpoint>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</release.endpoint>
 
+        <!-- Kafka and it's dependencies MUST reflect what the Kafka version uses -->
+        <version.kafka>2.7.0</version.kafka>
+        <version.curator>4.2.0</version.curator>
+        <version.zookeeper>3.5.8</version.zookeeper>
+        <version.jackson>2.10.5</version.jackson>
+        <version.org.slf4j>1.7.30</version.org.slf4j>
+        <version.log4j>1.2.17</version.log4j>
+        <version.netty>4.1.51.Final</version.netty>
+
         <!-- Scala version used to build Kafka -->
         <version.kafka.scala>2.12</version.kafka.scala>