diff --git a/headless-services/commons/pom.xml b/headless-services/commons/pom.xml
index a20714d4f..98753d484 100644
--- a/headless-services/commons/pom.xml
+++ b/headless-services/commons/pom.xml
@@ -13,22 +13,10 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.2.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>2.2.6.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath></relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
-	<dependencyManagement>
-		<dependencies>
-			<!-- override spring boot managed dependency to more recent. This can be removed
-			    once spring-boot adopts a newer version -->
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
-				<artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-				<version>1.25-SNAPSHOT</version>
-			</dependency>
-		</dependencies>
-	</dependencyManagement>
-
 	<modules>
 		<module>org.json</module>
 		<module>commons-language-server</module>