diff --git a/releaser-core/pom.xml b/releaser-core/pom.xml
index 98b6e7bd..2d09698a 100644
--- a/releaser-core/pom.xml
+++ b/releaser-core/pom.xml
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-			<version>${hibernate-validator.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>