diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6950c3e..409ddfa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
       <artifactId>github-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.301</version>
+      <version>${revision}</version>
       <exclusions>
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         <exclusion>