diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index 36498c718..274ca0484 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>