diff --git a/activemq-xmpp/pom.xml b/activemq-xmpp/pom.xml
index e4fadb1061..e830a07328 100755
--- a/activemq-xmpp/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-xmpp/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
       <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>