diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index a230adf53..7c6c112d9 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>