diff --git a/spring-data-rest-core/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest-core/pom.xml
index 765c47bdb..360fe5771 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest-core/pom.xml
@@ -56,13 +56,11 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-datatype-jdk8</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>