diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d6df8f7ff..4fcdedd0c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -201,19 +201,14 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>cglib</groupId>
 				<artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1</version>
+				<version>${cglib-nodep.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.objenesis</groupId>
 				<artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
-				<version>2.1</version>
+				<version>${objenesis.version}</version>
 				<!-- not test because we need it in stream -->
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-				<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-				<version>1.2</version>
-			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
@@ -261,6 +256,8 @@
 		<mockwebserver.version>3.10.0</mockwebserver.version>
 		<guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
 		<javax.resource-api.version>1.7.1</javax.resource-api.version>
+		<cglib-nodep.version>3.3.0</cglib-nodep.version>
+		<objenesis.version>3.0.1</objenesis.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/pom.xml
index c8c91b457..8f9294479 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/pom.xml
@@ -194,11 +194,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
 			<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-			<optional>true</optional>
-		</dependency>
 		<!-- BRAVE -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.zipkin.brave</groupId>