diff --git a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-reactive/pom.xml b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-reactive/pom.xml
index ad76829a8..c68593aef 100644
--- a/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/binders/kafka-binder/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
         <dependency>
 			<groupId>io.projectreactor.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>reactor-kafka</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3.17</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>