diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
index 86ef49ea0..0a6f2327e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${google.core.version}</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e5fbaa66..532dd4825 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigquery-parent</site.installationModule>
-    <google.core.version>1.93.4</google.core.version>
     <javax.annotations.version>1.3.2</javax.annotations.version>
     <google-api-services-bigquery.version>v2-rev20200429-1.30.9
     </google-api-services-bigquery.version>
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>0.6.0</version>
+        <version>0.7.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>