diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index cc2eb189b2..c4e226b4fc 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
             <artifactId>jersey-container-servlet</artifactId>
-            <version>${jersey.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -103,13 +102,11 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!--test-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
             <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
-            <version>${bouncycastle.jdk18.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -142,7 +139,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.asynchttpclient</groupId>
             <artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
-            <version>${asynchttpclient.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
@@ -170,31 +166,26 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-codec-socks</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns</artifactId>
-            <version>${netty.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -210,13 +201,11 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d41c594d1f..f2786642d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
                 <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
                 <artifactId>rest-utils-test</artifactId>
                 <version>${io.confluent.rest-utils.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
 
             <!--our actual deps-->
@@ -206,15 +205,11 @@
                 <version>${apache.httpclient.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.http2</groupId>
-                <artifactId>http2-client</artifactId>
-                <version>${jetty.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.http2</groupId>
-                <artifactId>http2-http-client-transport</artifactId>
-                <version>${jetty.version}</version>
+                <groupId>org.asynchttpclient</groupId>
+                <artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
+                <version>${asynchttpclient.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+
             <!--test-->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.test-framework</groupId>
@@ -242,24 +237,26 @@
                 <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
                 <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
                 <version>${junit.jupiter.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+                <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
                 <version>${mockito.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mockito-inline</artifactId>
                 <version>${mockito.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>