diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-solrclient-lib/pom.xml b/search-services/alfresco-solrclient-lib/pom.xml
index f46b7bc7c..37b07e22c 100644
--- a/search-services/alfresco-solrclient-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/search-services/alfresco-solrclient-lib/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>