diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-libraries-3/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-libraries-3/pom.xml
index f84951f450..50659ae834 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-libraries-3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-libraries-3/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.1</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-libraries-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springmodulith/events/externalization/EventsExternalizationLiveTest.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-libraries-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springmodulith/events/externalization/EventsExternalizationLiveTest.java
index 4cb94bbe1a..a1b3dfe170 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-libraries-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springmodulith/events/externalization/EventsExternalizationLiveTest.java
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-libraries-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springmodulith/events/externalization/EventsExternalizationLiveTest.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class EventsExternalizationLiveTest {
     @BeforeEach
     void beforeEach() {
         listener.reset();
-//        repository.deleteAll();
+        repository.deleteAll();
     }
 
     @Test