diff --git a/check_api/pom.xml b/check_api/pom.xml
index bd74af80791..1e47612aaff 100644
--- a/check_api/pom.xml
+++ b/check_api/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
       <!-- GPLv2 with Classpath Exception -->
       <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
       <artifactId>javac</artifactId>
-      <version>${javac.version}</version>
+      <version>9+181-r4173-1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <!-- Apache 2.0 -->
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index b7af255627a..71660ef9b43 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
       <!-- GPLv2 with Classpath Exception -->
       <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
       <artifactId>javac</artifactId>
-      <version>${javac.version}</version>
+      <version>9+181-r4173-1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <!-- Apache 2.0 -->
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <!-- set heap size to work around http://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/3396 -->
               <!-- put javac.jar on bootclasspath when executing tests -->
-              <argLine>-Xmx1g -Xbootclasspath/p:${settings.localRepository}/com/google/errorprone/javac/${javac.version}/javac-${javac.version}.jar</argLine>
+              <argLine>-Xmx1g -Xbootclasspath/p:${settings.localRepository}/com/google/errorprone/javac/9+181-r4173-1/javac-9+181-r4173-1.jar</argLine>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/examples/maven/pom.xml b/examples/maven/pom.xml
index 702527f390f..694b48b1088 100644
--- a/examples/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/maven/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <javac.version>9+181-r4173-1</javac.version>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <fork>true</fork>
               <compilerArgs combine.children="append">
-                <arg>-J-Xbootclasspath/p:${settings.localRepository}/com/google/errorprone/javac/${javac.version}/javac-${javac.version}.jar</arg>
+                <arg>-J-Xbootclasspath/p:${settings.localRepository}/com/google/errorprone/javac/9+181-r4173-1/javac-9+181-r4173-1.jar</arg>
               </compilerArgs>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 17a317e3914..a4d78859fa9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
     <gwt.version>2.8.2</gwt.version>
     <truth.version>0.36</truth.version>
-    <javac.version>9+181-r4173-1</javac.version>
     <autovalue.version>1.5.3</autovalue.version>
     <junit.version>4.13-beta-1</junit.version>
     <dataflow.version>2.5.3</dataflow.version>
diff --git a/refaster/pom.xml b/refaster/pom.xml
index 0359eb1109b..b6d072cfbfd 100644
--- a/refaster/pom.xml
+++ b/refaster/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
             <!-- GPLv2 with Classpath Exception -->
             <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
             <artifactId>javac</artifactId>
-            <version>${javac.version}</version>
+            <version>9+181-r4173-1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <!-- Apache 2.0 -->
diff --git a/test_helpers/pom.xml b/test_helpers/pom.xml
index 2fb40d4a7a4..20e2335bf94 100644
--- a/test_helpers/pom.xml
+++ b/test_helpers/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
       <!-- GPLv2 with Classpath Exception -->
       <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
       <artifactId>javac</artifactId>
-      <version>${javac.version}</version>
+      <version>9+181-r4173-1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <!-- Apache 2.0 -->
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <!-- set heap size to work around http://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/3396 -->
               <!-- put javac.jar on bootclasspath when executing tests -->
-              <argLine>-Xmx1g -Xbootclasspath/p:${settings.localRepository}/com/google/errorprone/javac/${javac.version}/javac-${javac.version}.jar</argLine>
+              <argLine>-Xmx1g -Xbootclasspath/p:${settings.localRepository}/com/google/errorprone/javac/9+181-r4173-1/javac-9+181-r4173-1.jar</argLine>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>