diff --git a/google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml
index 7d41275f7..f5790595b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e37ade5d3..71f586cfa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -190,12 +190,6 @@
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.11.3</version>
-      </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>