diff --git a/sdk/spring/azure-spring-boot-test-cosmos/pom.xml b/sdk/spring/azure-spring-boot-test-cosmos/pom.xml
index 38709825adcc..76c10bbfc3c1 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/azure-spring-boot-test-cosmos/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/spring/azure-spring-boot-test-cosmos/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.projectreactor.netty</groupId>
       <artifactId>reactor-netty</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.13.RELEASE</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty;external_dependency} -->
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>