diff --git a/step-parent/pom.xml b/step-parent/pom.xml
index 43d6211fa..96391b2cd 100644
--- a/step-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/step-parent/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<!-- internal dependencies -->
-		<exense-commons.version>2.0.7</exense-commons.version>
+		<exense-commons.version>2.0.8</exense-commons.version>
 		<step-framework.version>2.0.15</step-framework.version>
 		<step-grid.version>2.0.4</step-grid.version>
 		<step-api.version>1.2.4</step-api.version>
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@
 			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
 			<version>${logback.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<!-- make sure exense common version defined in Step has precedence -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>ch.exense.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>exense-basic-commons</artifactId>
+			<version>${exense-commons.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<modules>