diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2f20a1360..1e2ac5e3d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@
 		<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>4.17.1</brave.version>
+		<!-- Version set until zipkin-junit gets defined in Brave BOM -->
+		<zipkin.version>2.5.1</zipkin.version>
 		<spring-security-boot-autoconfigure.version>2.0.0.RELEASE</spring-security-boot-autoconfigure.version>
 	</properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml
index 3d4b166d7..a9ae7bdcd 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
 	<name>spring-cloud-sleuth-dependencies</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud Sleuth Dependencies</description>
 	<properties>
-		<zipkin.version>2.5.0</zipkin.version>
-		<zipkin-reporter.version>1.1.2</zipkin-reporter.version>
-		<zipkin-reporter2.version>2.3.3</zipkin-reporter2.version>
 		<brave.opentracing.version>0.28.0</brave.opentracing.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencyManagement>
@@ -89,65 +86,6 @@
 				<!-- misaligned intentionally https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/10778-->
 				<version>2.4.4</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.zipkin.zipkin2</groupId>
-				<artifactId>zipkin</artifactId>
-				<version>${zipkin.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.zipkin.java</groupId>
-				<artifactId>zipkin-server</artifactId>
-				<version>${zipkin.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.zipkin.java</groupId>
-				<artifactId>zipkin-autoconfigure-ui</artifactId>
-				<version>${zipkin.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.zipkin.java</groupId>
-				<artifactId>zipkin-autoconfigure-storage-mysql</artifactId>
-				<version>${zipkin.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.zipkin.java</groupId>
-				<artifactId>zipkin-junit</artifactId>
-				<version>${zipkin.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.zipkin.reporter</groupId>
-				<artifactId>zipkin-reporter</artifactId>
-				<version>${zipkin-reporter.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId>
-				<artifactId>zipkin-reporter</artifactId>
-				<version>${zipkin-reporter2.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId>
-				<artifactId>zipkin-sender-kafka11</artifactId>
-				<version>${zipkin-reporter2.version}</version>
-				<exclusions>
-					<!-- assigned with spring-kafka -->
-					<exclusion>
-						<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
-						<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-					</exclusion>
-				</exclusions>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId>
-				<artifactId>zipkin-sender-amqp-client</artifactId>
-				<version>${zipkin-reporter2.version}</version>
-				<exclusions>
-					<!-- assigned with spring-rabbit -->
-					<exclusion>
-						<groupId>com.rabbitmq</groupId>
-						<artifactId>amqp-client</artifactId>
-					</exclusion>
-				</exclusions>
-			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>io.opentracing.brave</groupId>
 				<artifactId>brave-opentracing</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/pom.xml
index 20181ca5e..15ab6326c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-zipkin/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId>
 			<artifactId>zipkin-sender-kafka11</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<!-- assigned with spring-kafka -->
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+					<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
@@ -95,6 +102,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.zipkin.reporter2</groupId>
 			<artifactId>zipkin-sender-amqp-client</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<!-- assigned with spring-rabbit -->
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.rabbitmq</groupId>
+					<artifactId>amqp-client</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.amqp</groupId>
@@ -119,6 +133,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.zipkin.java</groupId>
 			<artifactId>zipkin-junit</artifactId>
+			<version>${zipkin.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>