diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-4/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-4/pom.xml
index 2109804ff0..c5296e9a43 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-4/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-4/pom.xml
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@
 			<version>${junit.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-			<version>${hamcrest-all.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-conversions-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-conversions-2/pom.xml
index f97443d9ca..45eb0dc2e2 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-conversions-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-conversions-2/pom.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             <version>${guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
             <artifactId>icu4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-conversions/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-conversions/pom.xml
index 148f04101f..8ed3e1d628 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-conversions/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-conversions/pom.xml
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             <version>${guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml
index 0d31486759..848a358aa2 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
             <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
             <version>${javax.el.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
             <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/ethereum/pom.xml b/ethereum/pom.xml
index 95dd1c0955..d2b05222c3 100644
--- a/ethereum/pom.xml
+++ b/ethereum/pom.xml
@@ -144,12 +144,6 @@
             </exclusions>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
diff --git a/java-collections-conversions-2/pom.xml b/java-collections-conversions-2/pom.xml
index 694b416169..9f8ef7addc 100644
--- a/java-collections-conversions-2/pom.xml
+++ b/java-collections-conversions-2/pom.xml
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@
             <artifactId>modelmapper</artifactId>
             <version>${modelmapper.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.vavr</groupId>
             <artifactId>vavr</artifactId>
diff --git a/libraries-testing/pom.xml b/libraries-testing/pom.xml
index d62d094f08..0815c94dbf 100644
--- a/libraries-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-testing/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@
             <version>${spring-mock-mvc.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hamcrest/java-hamcrest -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-hamcrest</artifactId>
diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index b0a0aa22ea..7bef56deb0 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -167,12 +167,6 @@
             <artifactId>google-oauth-client-jetty</artifactId>
             <version>${google-api.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-            <version>${hamcrest-all.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -279,7 +273,6 @@
         <protonpack.version>1.15</protonpack.version>
         <google-api.version>1.23.0</google-api.version>
         <jets3t-version>0.9.4.0006L</jets3t-version>
-        <hamcrest-all.version>1.3</hamcrest-all.version>
         <javax.jdo.version>3.2.0-m7</javax.jdo.version>
         <datanucleus.version>5.1.1</datanucleus.version>
         <datanucleus-maven-plugin.version>5.0.2</datanucleus-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/parent-java/pom.xml b/parent-java/pom.xml
index 4e5081393c..808eed1c44 100644
--- a/parent-java/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-java/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
     <properties>
         <guava.version>31.0.1-jre</guava.version>
         <modelmapper.version>2.3.7</modelmapper.version>
-        <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/pom.xml
index 8e7b87c220..8248884632 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/pom.xml
@@ -68,16 +68,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${hamcrest-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <properties>
-        <hamcrest-core.version>1.3</hamcrest-core.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-ui/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-ui/pom.xml
index 7c3f668473..c071b8863a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-ui/pom.xml
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-core-2/pom.xml b/spring-core-2/pom.xml
index dda23c4ea4..19e7fb5f28 100644
--- a/spring-core-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-core-2/pom.xml
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-1/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-1/pom.xml
index a376a49b4c..3f6001686d 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-1/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-1/pom.xml
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-2/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-2/pom.xml
index ade644741d..91b6ff8724 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-2/pom.xml
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest-custom/pom.xml
index 85e50412ad..1403154767 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest-custom/pom.xml
@@ -116,11 +116,6 @@
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
index c5a8c172f3..65f28f5be0 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
@@ -181,11 +181,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-simple/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-simple/pom.xml
index 69d88d6456..2f8d6eac27 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-simple/pom.xml
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@
             <version>${com.squareup.okhttp3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml
index dc5fdcd323..93942e97b6 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml
@@ -165,11 +165,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate/pom.xml
index 3066a82242..5cac186fad 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate/pom.xml
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@
             <version>${com.squareup.okhttp3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/testing-modules/selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml b/testing-modules/selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml
index 0bf6f0726d..dfa19c48d4 100644
--- a/testing-modules/selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
             <version>${testng.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-            <version>${hamcrest-all.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ru.yandex.qatools.ashot</groupId>
             <artifactId>ashot</artifactId>
diff --git a/testing-modules/testing-assertions/pom.xml b/testing-modules/testing-assertions/pom.xml
index 12af95b575..689ca35733 100644
--- a/testing-modules/testing-assertions/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/testing-assertions/pom.xml
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
             <version>${logback.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-            <version>${hamcrest-all.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>