diff --git a/.github/workflows/milestone-worker.yml b/.github/workflows/milestone-worker.yml
index 1a0c89beaa..eddedfa23c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/milestone-worker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/milestone-worker.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ jobs:
           -DnewVersion='${parsedVersion.majorVersion}.${parsedVersion.minorVersion}.${parsedVersion.incrementalVersion}-'${BUILD_ZOO_HANDLER_milestone_version} \
           -B
         echo BUILD_ZOO_HANDLER_spring_cloud_dataflow_version=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        jfrog rt mvn versions:set-property \
+          -gs .github/settings.xml \
+          -Pstagingmilestone \
+          -DgenerateBackupPoms=false \
+          -Dproperty=dataflow.version \
+          -DnewVersion=${BUILD_ZOO_HANDLER_spring_cloud_dataflow_version} \
+          -B        
         jfrog rt mvn versions:set-property \
           -gs .github/settings.xml \
           -Pstagingmilestone \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/next-dev-version-worker.yml b/.github/workflows/next-dev-version-worker.yml
index 186ec5cdf2..833574a677 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/next-dev-version-worker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/next-dev-version-worker.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ jobs:
           -DnewVersion='${parsedVersion.majorVersion}.${parsedVersion.minorVersion}.${parsedVersion.nextIncrementalVersion}-SNAPSHOT' \
           -B
         echo BUILD_ZOO_HANDLER_spring_cloud_dataflow_version=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        jfrog rt mvn versions:set-property \
+          -DgenerateBackupPoms=false \
+          -Dproperty=dataflow.version \
+          -DnewVersion=${BUILD_ZOO_HANDLER_spring_cloud_dataflow_version} \
+          -B        
         jfrog rt mvn versions:set-property \
           -DgenerateBackupPoms=false \
           -Dproperty=spring-cloud-deployer.version \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-worker.yml b/.github/workflows/release-worker.yml
index 2f69a26e77..734a4d0926 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-worker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-worker.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ jobs:
           -DnewVersion='${parsedVersion.majorVersion}.${parsedVersion.minorVersion}.${parsedVersion.incrementalVersion}' \
           -B
         echo BUILD_ZOO_HANDLER_spring_cloud_dataflow_version=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        jfrog rt mvn versions:set-property \
+          -gs .github/settings.xml \
+          -Pstagingrelease \
+          -DgenerateBackupPoms=false \
+          -Dproperty=dataflow.version \
+          -DnewVersion=${BUILD_ZOO_HANDLER_spring_cloud_dataflow_version} \
+          -B             
         jfrog rt mvn versions:set-property \
           -gs .github/settings.xml \
           -Pstagingrelease \
diff --git a/spring-cloud-dataflow-build/spring-cloud-dataflow-build-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-dataflow-build/spring-cloud-dataflow-build-dependencies/pom.xml
index b8b3838406..ca8059e848 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-dataflow-build/spring-cloud-dataflow-build-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-dataflow-build/spring-cloud-dataflow-build-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 	</properties>
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
-
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
 				<artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
-
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
 				<artifactId>kubernetes-client-bom</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-dataflow-build/spring-cloud-dataflow-dependencies-parent/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-dataflow-build/spring-cloud-dataflow-dependencies-parent/pom.xml
index f39e4f5255..00b536639d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-dataflow-build/spring-cloud-dataflow-dependencies-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-dataflow-build/spring-cloud-dataflow-dependencies-parent/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 	</developers>
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<!-- NOTE: this needs to be updated and kept in sync w/ the project.version -->
+		<dataflow.version>2.11.1-SNAPSHOT</dataflow.version>
 	</properties>
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-dataflow-common/spring-cloud-dataflow-common-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-dataflow-common/spring-cloud-dataflow-common-dependencies/pom.xml
index 64e6d8a4c4..a7814115db 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-dataflow-common/spring-cloud-dataflow-common-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-dataflow-common/spring-cloud-dataflow-common-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-common-flyway</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-common-test-docker</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-common-test-docker-junit5</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-dataflow-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-dataflow-dependencies/pom.xml
index 2346f25057..31e0596747 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-dataflow-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-dataflow-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -19,118 +19,118 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-shell</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-shell-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-completion</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-core-dsl</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-rest-client</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-configuration-metadata</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-rest-resource</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-registry</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-container-registry</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-composed-task-runner</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-server-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-server</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-autoconfigure</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-dataflow-server</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-dataflow-server</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 				<type>test-jar</type>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-audit</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-platform-kubernetes</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-platform-cloudfoundry</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dataflow-test</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-common-security-config-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-common-security-config-web</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-common-security-config-web</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 		<site>
 			<id>spring-docs</id>
 			<url>
-				scp://static.springframework.org/var/www/domains/springframework.org/static/htdocs/spring-cloud/docs/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}
+				scp://static.springframework.org/var/www/domains/springframework.org/static/htdocs/spring-cloud/docs/${project.artifactId}/${dataflow.version}
 			</url>
 		</site>
 		<repository>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-dataflow-parent/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-dataflow-parent/pom.xml
index 8f8a57a6cf..6d5fe8a816 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-dataflow-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-dataflow-parent/pom.xml
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 	<url>https://cloud.spring.io/spring-cloud-dataflow/</url>
 	<properties>
+		<!-- NOTE: this needs to be updated and kept in sync w/ the project.version -->
+		<dataflow.version>2.11.1-SNAPSHOT</dataflow.version>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 		<javadoc.opts>-Xdoclint:none</javadoc.opts>
 		<maven-resources-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-resources-plugin.version>
 		<spring-boot.version>2.7.16</spring-boot.version>
 		<spring.version>5.3.30</spring.version>
 		<spring-cloud-dataflow-ui.version>3.4.1-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-dataflow-ui.version>
-		<dataflow.version>${project.version}</dataflow.version>
-		<spring-cloud-dataflow-common.version>${project.version}</spring-cloud-dataflow-common.version>
-		<spring-cloud-skipper.version>${project.version}</spring-cloud-skipper.version>
+		<spring-cloud-dataflow-common.version>${dataflow.version}</spring-cloud-dataflow-common.version>
+		<spring-cloud-skipper.version>${dataflow.version}</spring-cloud-skipper.version>
 		<spring-cloud-deployer.version>2.9.1-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-deployer.version>
 		<spring-cloud-task.version>2.4.6</spring-cloud-task.version>
 		<spring-cloud-common-security-config.version>${dataflow.version}</spring-cloud-common-security-config.version>
@@ -212,16 +213,6 @@
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-deployer-cloudfoundry</artifactId>
 				<version>${spring-cloud-deployer.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-cloud-common-security-config-web</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-common-security-config-web</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-deployer-kubernetes</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-skipper/spring-cloud-skipper-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-skipper/spring-cloud-skipper-dependencies/pom.xml
index c2b1df0d9d..f6d298835b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-skipper/spring-cloud-skipper-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-skipper/spring-cloud-skipper-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -19,42 +19,42 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-skipper</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-skipper-server-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-skipper-shell-commands</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-skipper-client</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-skipper-platform-kubernetes</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-skipper-platform-cloudfoundry</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-skipper-autoconfigure</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-skipper-server</artifactId>
-				<version>${project.version}</version>
+				<version>${dataflow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>