diff --git a/jjb/defaults.yaml b/jjb/defaults.yaml
index b26ea25..d7da8ca 100644
--- a/jjb/defaults.yaml
+++ b/jjb/defaults.yaml
@@ -207,3 +207,7 @@
     # karaf-home
     # Use to grab the logs or onos-diagnostics
     karaf-home: 'apache-karaf-4.2.9'
+
+    # maven version
+    # Have to setup JAVA_HOME correctly if we upgrade to mvn36
+    maven-version: mvn33
diff --git a/jjb/maven.yaml b/jjb/maven.yaml
index c62e185..ac461dc 100644
--- a/jjb/maven.yaml
+++ b/jjb/maven.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
           settings: 'cord-apps-maven-settings'
           settings-type: cfp
           goals: '-Pci-verify clean test install spotbugs:check'
+          maven-version: '{maven-version}'
 
     publishers:
       - junit: