diff --git a/spring-kafka-3/pom.xml b/spring-kafka-3/pom.xml
index c5db336e84..894eab2576 100644
--- a/spring-kafka-3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-kafka-3/pom.xml
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@
             <version>${awaitility.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>