How to build a Maven project with Eclipse with a pom.xml that imports an external properties file? - eclipse

Question

I have looked around from various questions on stackoverflow, but I have not found the answer that solve my purpose.
I want to import a properties file in a pom.xml; my purpose is to replace the <properties> section with the properties loaded from the external file.
Each property refers to the version of a particular maven dependency.
I have tried the properties-maven-plugin, but the properties are not solved and the project is not built.
I'm looking for a way that preserve the standard build of Eclipse, and also the mvn install goal of Maven.
As an example, I want that this section:
<properties>
<dependency1.version>1.0.0</dependency1.version>
</properties>
will be replaced with the property declared in a dependency.properties file, like this one:
dependency1.version=1.0.0
How can I implement my pom.xml in order to obtain this behaviour?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT
This is what I have tried:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>properties-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>initialize</phase>
<goals>
<goal>read-project-properties</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<files>
<file>${basedir}/dependencies.properties</file>
</files>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>generate-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<tasks>
<echo>my version: ${dependency1.version}</echo>
</tasks>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Well, if I do a simple mvn install, in maven console it prints:
[INFO] Executing tasks
[echo] my version: 1.0.0
[INFO] Executed tasks
So, the plugin solve the property, but when I try to import the dependency with this:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>dependency1</groupId>
<artifactId>dependency1</artifactId>
<version>${dependency1.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
I obtain this error:
[ERROR] [ERROR] Some problems were encountered while processing the POMs:
[ERROR] 'dependencies.dependency.version' for dependency1:dependency1:jar must be a valid version but is '${dependency1.version}'. # line 21, column 13
#
The property is solved in the maven-antrun-plugin, but if it is used in the dependencies section, it doesn't work.