diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 592a3264..d796b95b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 		<oracle-r2dbc.version>1.3.0</oracle-r2dbc.version>
 
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
-		<awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>
 		<archunit.version>1.3.0</archunit.version>
 
 		<jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc/pom.xml b/spring-data-jdbc/pom.xml
index aba16d9e..9d41f3ca 100644
--- a/spring-data-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
 			<artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-			<version>${awaitility.version}</version>
+			<version>${awaitility}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-r2dbc/pom.xml b/spring-data-r2dbc/pom.xml
index 970c913f..be1e896a 100644
--- a/spring-data-r2dbc/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-r2dbc/pom.xml
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
 			<artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-			<version>${awaitility.version}</version>
+			<version>${awaitility}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>