diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 530ae5642..97e759646 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -273,8 +273,6 @@
 		<spring-cloud-netflix.version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-netflix.version>
 		<spring-cloud-openfeign.version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-openfeign.version>
 		<brave.version>4.19.0</brave.version>
-		<!-- Version set until zipkin-junit gets defined in Brave BOM -->
-		<zipkin.version>2.7.0</zipkin.version>
 		<spring-security-boot-autoconfigure.version>2.0.0.RELEASE</spring-security-boot-autoconfigure.version>
 	</properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/pom.xml
index 17c4908a1..84331f2fd 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/pom.xml
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.zipkin.java</groupId>
 			<artifactId>zipkin</artifactId>
+			<!-- misaligned intentionally https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/10778-->
+                        <version>2.8.0</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- BRAVE -->
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml
index 78c793a2d..c24f1265f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -79,13 +79,7 @@
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-sleuth</artifactId>
 				<version>${project.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<!-- ZIPKIN -->
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.zipkin.java</groupId>
-				<artifactId>zipkin</artifactId>
-				<!-- misaligned intentionally https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/10778-->
-				<version>2.7.0</version>
-			</dependency>
+			<!-- BRAVE -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>io.opentracing.brave</groupId>
 				<artifactId>brave-opentracing</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/pom.xml
index 5dbc4cc07..7298f135b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>io.zipkin.zipkin2</groupId>
 				<artifactId>zipkin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.7.1</version>
+				<version>2.8.1</version>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/pom.xml
index 005632687..c77eb8bc0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/pom.xml
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>io.zipkin.java</groupId>
-			<artifactId>zipkin-junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${zipkin.version}</version>
+			<groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mockwebserver</artifactId>
+			<version>3.10.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -141,20 +141,6 @@
 			<artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<!-- otherwise spring boot's version of okhttp kicks zipkin-junit's deps out of alignment -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mockwebserver</artifactId>
-			<version>3.9.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>io.zipkin.zipkin2</groupId>
-			<artifactId>zipkin</artifactId>
-			<type>test-jar</type>
-			<version>${zipkin.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
 			<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/zipkin2/sender/RestTemplateSenderTest.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/zipkin2/sender/RestTemplateSenderTest.java
index 20393ca9d..bf32f37e0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/zipkin2/sender/RestTemplateSenderTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/zipkin2/sender/RestTemplateSenderTest.java
@@ -23,15 +23,31 @@ import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 import zipkin2.Call;
+import zipkin2.Endpoint;
 import zipkin2.Span;
 
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static zipkin2.TestObjects.CLIENT_SPAN;
-import static zipkin2.TestObjects.UTF_8;
 import static zipkin2.codec.SpanBytesEncoder.JSON_V2;
 
 public class RestTemplateSenderTest {
+  static final Span SPAN = Span.newBuilder()
+      .traceId("7180c278b62e8f6a216a2aea45d08fc9")
+      .parentId("6b221d5bc9e6496c")
+      .id("5b4185666d50f68b")
+      .name("get /backend")
+      .kind(Span.Kind.SERVER)
+      .shared(true)
+      .localEndpoint(Endpoint.newBuilder()
+          .serviceName("backend")
+          .ip("192.168.99.101")
+          .port(9000)
+          .build())
+      .timestamp(1472470996250000L)
+      .duration(100000L)
+      .putTag("http.method", "GET")
+      .putTag("http.path", "/backend")
+      .build();
 
   @Rule public MockWebServer server = new MockWebServer();
 
@@ -42,10 +58,10 @@ public class RestTemplateSenderTest {
   @Test public void jsonIsNormal() throws Exception {
     server.enqueue(new MockResponse());
 
-    send(CLIENT_SPAN).execute();
+    send(SPAN).execute();
 
     assertThat(server.takeRequest().getBody().readUtf8())
-        .isEqualTo("[" + new String(JSON_V2.encode(CLIENT_SPAN), UTF_8) + "]");
+        .isEqualTo("[" + new String(JSON_V2.encode(SPAN), "UTF-8") + "]");
   }
 
   Call<Void> send(Span... spans) {