diff --git a/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml b/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
index 1d4947b3..e8373a26 100644
--- a/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <com.fasterxml.jackson.core.version>2.22.0</com.fasterxml.jackson.core.version>
+        <!-- Pinned to latest version built with Java 8 -->
+        <handlebars.version>4.3.1</handlebars.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.github.jknack</groupId>
                 <artifactId>handlebars</artifactId>
-                <version>4.3.1</version>
+                <version>${handlebars.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>