diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e1189a5e8f..bd7da3886c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
         <hibernate.version>5.6.15.Final</hibernate.version>
         <liquibase.version>4.25.1</liquibase.version>
         <spring.version>6.1.3</spring.version>
-        <spring.boot.version>2.6.1</spring.boot.version>
         <!-- [#12884] TODO: Remove explicit upgrade of protobuf-java again when https://github.com/google/error-prone/pull/2819 is released  -->
         <errorprone.version>2.24.1</errorprone.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.19.3</testcontainers.version>