diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml b/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
index 590949d93..7fac3fde7 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -168,14 +168,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>