diff --git a/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-jpa/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-jpa/pom.xml
index 041700181..b90a37703 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate4</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-solr/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-solr/pom.xml
index e82a76ebe..b98cc35c9 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-solr/pom.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml
index 6c0e8860d..2a3eaf274 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/pom.xml
@@ -48,13 +48,11 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Jackson Hibernate -->
@@ -62,14 +60,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate4</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate5</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -85,7 +81,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>