diff --git a/java-bigquerystorage/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml b/java-bigquerystorage/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
index 5d2607f2ac0e..fc48353c453b 100644
--- a/java-bigquerystorage/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigquerystorage/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.12.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>