diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/projects/spring-boot-groovy/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/projects/spring-boot-groovy/pom.xml
index 2ef975a4c4..1cff6b7784 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/projects/spring-boot-groovy/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/projects/spring-boot-groovy/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
 			<artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>