diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
index fdd19acb2..61d615280 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
-			<version>3.3.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>