diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fa30935a8..989ba3cbc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
 	 	<dependency>
 		   <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
 		   <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-		   <version>1.1</version>
          </dependency>
 		 <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>