diff --git a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml
index d4a1a89162d..4e2c291d2b7 100644
--- a/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-gcloud/jetty-gcloud-session-manager/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f7101585ee3..fce29bccadf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1060,6 +1060,12 @@
         <artifactId>jnr-unixsocket</artifactId>
         <version>0.22</version>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- avoid depending on a range dependency from a transitive dependency -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+        <artifactId>grpc-core</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.1</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/tests/test-sessions/test-gcloud-sessions/pom.xml b/tests/test-sessions/test-gcloud-sessions/pom.xml
index 72dce16a853..6b5ae8f14da 100644
--- a/tests/test-sessions/test-gcloud-sessions/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/test-sessions/test-gcloud-sessions/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
       <artifactId>jetty-gcloud-session-manager</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- avoid depending on a range dependency from a transitive dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>