diff --git a/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml b/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml
index a29933703..1c3664922 100644
--- a/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>