diff --git a/eng/code-quality-reports/pom.xml b/eng/code-quality-reports/pom.xml
index 361f7365821e..5a923f3ce6d1 100755
--- a/eng/code-quality-reports/pom.xml
+++ b/eng/code-quality-reports/pom.xml
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@
       <groupId>org.revapi</groupId>
       <artifactId>revapi</artifactId>
       <version>0.14.4</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.revapi:revapi;external_dependency} -->
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.10.5.1</version> <!-- {x-version-update;cqr_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind;external_dependency} -->
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt b/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt
index 7c869f17f659..80391c155728 100644
--- a/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt
+++ b/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt
@@ -374,6 +374,3 @@ spring_com.microsoft.azure:azure;1.34.0
 # sdk\appconfiguration\azure-spring-cloud-feature-management-web\pom.xml
 appconfig_spring_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations;2.11.4
 appconfig_spring_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind;2.11.4
-
-# eng\code-quality-reports\pom.xml
-cqr_com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind;2.10.5.1