diff --git a/kafka-avro/spring-boot-kafka-avro-consumer/pom.xml b/kafka-avro/spring-boot-kafka-avro-consumer/pom.xml
index 55bee8c9..f64474bd 100644
--- a/kafka-avro/spring-boot-kafka-avro-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-avro/spring-boot-kafka-avro-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>1.18.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
diff --git a/kafka-avro/spring-boot-kafka-avro-producer/pom.xml b/kafka-avro/spring-boot-kafka-avro-producer/pom.xml
index 6a64b0ea..179e13a3 100644
--- a/kafka-avro/spring-boot-kafka-avro-producer/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-avro/spring-boot-kafka-avro-producer/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>1.18.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>