diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b21c56b4..3cc5bc42c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <dropwizard.version>2.0.21</dropwizard.version>
         <resilience4j.version>1.5.0</resilience4j.version>
         <mockito.version>2.25.1</mockito.version>
         <aws.sdk.version>1.11.939</aws.sdk.version>
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
         <artifactId>dropwizard-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.13</version>
+        <version>2.0.21</version>
     </parent>
 
 
@@ -56,27 +55,22 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
             <artifactId>dropwizard-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${dropwizard.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
             <artifactId>dropwizard-jdbi3</artifactId>
-            <version>${dropwizard.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
             <artifactId>dropwizard-auth</artifactId>
-            <version>${dropwizard.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
             <artifactId>dropwizard-client</artifactId>
-            <version>${dropwizard.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
             <artifactId>dropwizard-migrations</artifactId>
-            <version>${dropwizard.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -94,12 +88,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
             <artifactId>dropwizard-servlets</artifactId>
-            <version>${dropwizard.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
             <artifactId>dropwizard-testing</artifactId>
-            <version>${dropwizard.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -133,7 +125,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.19.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -146,12 +137,6 @@
             <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
-            <version>5.7.1</version>
-            <type>pom</type>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>