diff --git a/algorithms-genetic/pom.xml b/algorithms-genetic/pom.xml
index 00c9b88dfe..c53ae0f776 100644
--- a/algorithms-genetic/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-genetic/pom.xml
@@ -35,18 +35,11 @@
             <artifactId>jenetics</artifactId>
             <version>${io.jenetics.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
         <io.jenetics.version>3.7.0</io.jenetics.version>
-        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml
index dd3742d4b0..3b55d979fe 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@
             <version>${lombok.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.dpaukov</groupId>
             <artifactId>combinatoricslib3</artifactId>
@@ -70,7 +64,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
-        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
         <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
         <combinatoricslib3.version>3.3.0</combinatoricslib3.version>
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-2/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-2/pom.xml
index fcefc3ccba..a411cfdb71 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-2/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-2/pom.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
             <artifactId>tradukisto</artifactId>
             <version>${tradukisto.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <reporting>
@@ -78,7 +72,6 @@
         <tradukisto.version>1.0.1</tradukisto.version>
         <org.jgrapht.core.version>1.0.1</org.jgrapht.core.version>
         <org.jgrapht.ext.version>1.0.1</org.jgrapht.ext.version>
-        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
         <cobertura-maven-plugin.version>2.7</cobertura-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml
index 19eca8eca7..525a2556de 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
@@ -69,7 +63,6 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <commons-collections4.version>4.3</commons-collections4.version>
         <guava.version>28.0-jre</guava.version>
         <retrofit.version>2.6.0</retrofit.version>
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-4/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-4/pom.xml
index 1eae038bc0..8417c121bf 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-4/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-4/pom.xml
@@ -25,16 +25,9 @@
             <version>${lombok.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml
index c68ac96c38..4a0abc5cba 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml
@@ -34,17 +34,10 @@
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             <version>${guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <tradukisto.version>1.0.1</tradukisto.version>
-        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
         <guava.version>28.1-jre</guava.version>
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-6/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-6/pom.xml
index a9eb75cf1e..1984139069 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-6/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-6/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             <version>${guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
@@ -40,7 +34,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <guava.version>28.1-jre</guava.version>
-        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/algorithms-searching/pom.xml b/algorithms-searching/pom.xml
index a67c062403..edb8a0c423 100644
--- a/algorithms-searching/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-searching/pom.xml
@@ -13,15 +13,6 @@
         <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
     <build>
         <finalName>algorithms-searching</finalName>
         <resources>
@@ -32,8 +23,4 @@
         </resources>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/algorithms-sorting-2/pom.xml b/algorithms-sorting-2/pom.xml
index c9bec354f3..a8477bf624 100644
--- a/algorithms-sorting-2/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-sorting-2/pom.xml
@@ -29,17 +29,10 @@
             <version>${lombok.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
-        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/algorithms-sorting/pom.xml b/algorithms-sorting/pom.xml
index e916d0aae5..383014d528 100644
--- a/algorithms-sorting/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-sorting/pom.xml
@@ -30,17 +30,10 @@
             <version>${lombok.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
-        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/guava-modules/guava-collections-list/pom.xml b/guava-modules/guava-collections-list/pom.xml
index 30d684d673..1b989e79b0 100644
--- a/guava-modules/guava-collections-list/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-modules/guava-collections-list/pom.xml
@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hamcrest/java-hamcrest -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-hamcrest</artifactId>
@@ -55,7 +48,6 @@
         <!-- util -->
         <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
         <!-- testing -->
-        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
         <java-hamcrest.version>2.0.0.0</java-hamcrest.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/guava-modules/guava-collections-set/pom.xml b/guava-modules/guava-collections-set/pom.xml
index bd58645adc..49bfc46ee2 100644
--- a/guava-modules/guava-collections-set/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-modules/guava-collections-set/pom.xml
@@ -13,23 +13,8 @@
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
     <build>
         <finalName>guava-collections-set</finalName>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guava-modules/guava-collections/pom.xml b/guava-modules/guava-collections/pom.xml
index 91e3efcd8c..7929283616 100644
--- a/guava-modules/guava-collections/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-modules/guava-collections/pom.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@
             <version>${jool.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hamcrest/java-hamcrest -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-hamcrest</artifactId>
@@ -61,7 +54,6 @@
         <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
         <jool.version>0.9.12</jool.version>
         <!-- testing -->
-        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
         <java-hamcrest.version>2.0.0.0</java-hamcrest.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/guava-modules/guava-core/pom.xml b/guava-modules/guava-core/pom.xml
index 2540ac97a7..dd68fef43a 100644
--- a/guava-modules/guava-core/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-modules/guava-core/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -38,9 +31,4 @@
         </resources>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guava-modules/guava-utilities/pom.xml b/guava-modules/guava-utilities/pom.xml
index debf014ac7..ab849072a5 100644
--- a/guava-modules/guava-utilities/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-modules/guava-utilities/pom.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -38,9 +31,4 @@
         </resources>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-annotations/pom.xml b/jackson-modules/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
index bdc131c867..56fd6cf2fa 100644
--- a/jackson-modules/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@
             <version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -44,7 +38,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <assertj.version>3.11.0</assertj.version>
         <rest-assured.version>3.1.1</rest-assured.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/pom.xml b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/pom.xml
index a498c8b4f8..7e994fb52b 100644
--- a/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-conversions-2/pom.xml
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-csv</artifactId>
             <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -50,8 +44,4 @@
         </resources>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <assertj.version>3.11.0</assertj.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson/pom.xml b/jackson-modules/jackson/pom.xml
index a4aecfa3de..9df0f40874 100644
--- a/jackson-modules/jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson/pom.xml
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@
             <version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -69,7 +63,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- testing -->
         <rest-assured.version>3.1.1</rest-assured.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.11.0</assertj.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jackson-simple/pom.xml b/jackson-simple/pom.xml
index ae8e380b33..f71cb1ffbf 100644
--- a/jackson-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-simple/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
             <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- test scoped -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -40,9 +33,4 @@
         </resources>
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <assertj.version>3.11.0</assertj.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java-collections-conversions-2/pom.xml b/java-collections-conversions-2/pom.xml
index cd4366e87c..694b416169 100644
--- a/java-collections-conversions-2/pom.xml
+++ b/java-collections-conversions-2/pom.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.17.2</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
diff --git a/java-collections-maps-3/pom.xml b/java-collections-maps-3/pom.xml
index 0cdf24e31b..6f724ab5ef 100644
--- a/java-collections-maps-3/pom.xml
+++ b/java-collections-maps-3/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
@@ -37,7 +31,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
         <spring.version>5.2.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/java-numbers-3/pom.xml b/java-numbers-3/pom.xml
index e8e080c4c0..68c2ac98de 100644
--- a/java-numbers-3/pom.xml
+++ b/java-numbers-3/pom.xml
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -51,7 +45,6 @@
     <properties>
         <dsiutils.version>2.6.0</dsiutils.version>
         <vavr.version>0.10.2</vavr.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java-numbers-4/pom.xml b/java-numbers-4/pom.xml
index dbd6ac456a..9b2e799840 100644
--- a/java-numbers-4/pom.xml
+++ b/java-numbers-4/pom.xml
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -45,7 +39,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <vavr.version>0.10.2</vavr.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java-numbers/pom.xml b/java-numbers/pom.xml
index 8bab655f73..c06bc48c5d 100644
--- a/java-numbers/pom.xml
+++ b/java-numbers/pom.xml
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@
             <artifactId>decimal4j</artifactId>
             <version>${decimal4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -51,7 +45,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <decimal4j.version>1.0.3</decimal4j.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/json-2/pom.xml b/json-2/pom.xml
index b4301c41e5..591b7c0883 100644
--- a/json-2/pom.xml
+++ b/json-2/pom.xml
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@
             <artifactId>jsoniter</artifactId>
             <version>${jsoniter.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.squareup.moshi</groupId>
             <artifactId>moshi</artifactId>
@@ -147,7 +141,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <jsoniter.version>0.9.23</jsoniter.version>
-        <assertj-core.version>3.11.1</assertj-core.version>
         <moshi.version>1.9.2</moshi.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/json/pom.xml b/json/pom.xml
index 260b2d1ad9..2919a3a4ee 100644
--- a/json/pom.xml
+++ b/json/pom.xml
@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@
             <version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
@@ -85,7 +79,6 @@
         <json.version>20171018</json.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.5</gson.version>
         <javax.version>1.1.2</javax.version>
-        <assertj-core.version>3.11.1</assertj-core.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ksqldb/pom.xml b/ksqldb/pom.xml
index 2f92419d6e..ee4906090f 100644
--- a/ksqldb/pom.xml
+++ b/ksqldb/pom.xml
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@
             <version>${awaitility.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
@@ -61,7 +55,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <ksqldb.version>6.2.0</ksqldb.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.20.2</assertj.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.1.0</awaitility.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.15.3</testcontainers.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/language-interop/pom.xml b/language-interop/pom.xml
index f2b0a08969..57dd8bdd9a 100644
--- a/language-interop/pom.xml
+++ b/language-interop/pom.xml
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-exec</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-exec.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -49,7 +43,6 @@
     <properties>
         <jython.version>2.7.2</jython.version>
         <commons-exec.version>1.3</commons-exec.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries-2/pom.xml b/libraries-2/pom.xml
index 0988ed454e..409363111a 100644
--- a/libraries-2/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-2/pom.xml
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@
             <artifactId>parallel-collectors</artifactId>
             <version>${parallel-collectors.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.classgraph</groupId>
             <artifactId>classgraph</artifactId>
@@ -128,7 +123,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <mapdb.version>3.0.7</mapdb.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <classgraph.version>4.8.28</classgraph.version>
         <jbpm.version>6.0.0.Final</jbpm.version>
         <picocli.version>3.9.6</picocli.version>
diff --git a/libraries-4/pom.xml b/libraries-4/pom.xml
index b16d1f216f..7d19f6d504 100644
--- a/libraries-4/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-4/pom.xml
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@
             <artifactId>vavr</artifactId>
             <version>${vavr.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.pcollections</groupId>
             <artifactId>pcollections</artifactId>
@@ -117,7 +112,6 @@
         <javax.servlet.version>2.5</javax.servlet.version>
         <javax.jdo.version>3.2.0-m7</javax.jdo.version>
         <vavr.version>0.9.0</vavr.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <pcollections.version>2.1.2</pcollections.version>
         <awaitility.version>3.0.0</awaitility.version>
         <streamex.version>0.6.5</streamex.version>
diff --git a/libraries-5/pom.xml b/libraries-5/pom.xml
index a3ca204995..63d1924852 100644
--- a/libraries-5/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-5/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
             <artifactId>jool</artifactId>
@@ -119,7 +114,6 @@
         <pact.version>3.5.0</pact.version>
         <jool.version>0.9.12</jool.version>
         <spring.version>4.3.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <scala.version>2.11</scala.version>
         <typesafe-akka.version>2.5.11</typesafe-akka.version>
         <streamex.version>0.6.5</streamex.version>
diff --git a/libraries-6/pom.xml b/libraries-6/pom.xml
index cf2c2c551d..accf5f3a9a 100644
--- a/libraries-6/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-6/pom.xml
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-net.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
@@ -148,7 +143,6 @@
         <resilience4j.version>0.12.1</resilience4j.version>
         <protonpack.version>1.15</protonpack.version>
         <commons-net.version>3.6</commons-net.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <renjin.version>3.5-beta72</renjin.version>
         <rcaller.version>3.0</rcaller.version>
         <rserve.version>1.8.1</rserve.version>
diff --git a/libraries-apache-commons-collections/pom.xml b/libraries-apache-commons-collections/pom.xml
index e2805552e3..2cb73babe6 100644
--- a/libraries-apache-commons-collections/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-apache-commons-collections/pom.xml
@@ -24,17 +24,10 @@
             <version>${org.hamcrest.java-hamcrest.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <commons.collections.version>4.1</commons.collections.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <org.hamcrest.java-hamcrest.version>2.0.0.0</org.hamcrest.java-hamcrest.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/libraries-apache-commons/pom.xml b/libraries-apache-commons/pom.xml
index 8fa55c1b0e..9bf6c40e19 100644
--- a/libraries-apache-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-apache-commons/pom.xml
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
@@ -69,7 +64,6 @@
         <commons-text.version>1.1</commons-text.version>
         <commons-beanutils.version>1.9.3</commons-beanutils.version>
         <commons-chain.version>1.2</commons-chain.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <commons.dbutils.version>1.6</commons.dbutils.version>
         <xchart-version>3.5.2</xchart-version>
         <common-math3.version>3.6.1</common-math3.version>
diff --git a/libraries-data-2/pom.xml b/libraries-data-2/pom.xml
index 75b2cc962d..b69d9808c4 100644
--- a/libraries-data-2/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-data-2/pom.xml
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@
             <artifactId>derive4j</artifactId>
             <version>${derive4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
@@ -160,7 +155,6 @@
         <spring.version>4.3.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <suanshu.version>4.0.0</suanshu.version>
         <derive4j.version>1.1.0</derive4j.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <awaitility.version>3.0.0</awaitility.version>
         <univocity.version>2.8.4</univocity.version>
         <guava.version>29.0-jre</guava.version>
diff --git a/libraries-data-io/pom.xml b/libraries-data-io/pom.xml
index 1335ba54d1..713c4342d1 100644
--- a/libraries-data-io/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-data-io/pom.xml
@@ -95,12 +95,6 @@
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
             <version>${google-protobuf.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.assertj.core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
@@ -110,7 +104,6 @@
         <opencsv.version>4.1</opencsv.version>
         <google-api.version>1.23.0</google-api.version>
         <google-sheets.version>v4-rev493-1.21.0</google-sheets.version>
-        <org.assertj.core.version>3.9.0</org.assertj.core.version>
         <docx4j.version>3.3.5</docx4j.version>
         <jaxb-api.version>2.1</jaxb-api.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.7</gson.version>
diff --git a/libraries-http/pom.xml b/libraries-http/pom.xml
index a00bb4bd39..0ee5f4b290 100644
--- a/libraries-http/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-http/pom.xml
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <!-- Dependencies for response decoder with okhttp -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
@@ -116,7 +111,6 @@
         <gson.version>2.8.5</gson.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.3</httpclient.version>
         <!-- <jackson.version>2.9.8</jackson.version> -->
-        <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <com.squareup.okhttp3.version>4.9.1</com.squareup.okhttp3.version>
         <googleclient.version>1.23.0</googleclient.version>
         <async.http.client.version>2.2.0</async.http.client.version>
diff --git a/libraries-server/pom.xml b/libraries-server/pom.xml
index 954f666785..66d6295f7c 100644
--- a/libraries-server/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-server/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@
             <artifactId>org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3</artifactId>
             <version>${eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.assertj/assertj-core -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
             <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
@@ -96,7 +90,6 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.3</httpclient.version>
         <jetty.version>9.4.27.v20200227</jetty.version>
         <netty.version>4.1.20.Final</netty.version>
diff --git a/libraries-testing/pom.xml b/libraries-testing/pom.xml
index d7b4a88369..d62d094f08 100644
--- a/libraries-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-testing/pom.xml
@@ -118,11 +118,6 @@
             <version>${spring-mock-mvc.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hamcrest/java-hamcrest -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
@@ -147,12 +142,6 @@
             <version>${h2.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
             <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
@@ -206,7 +195,6 @@
         <hoverfly-java.version>0.8.1</hoverfly-java.version>
         <spring.version>4.3.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring-mock-mvc.version>4.1.1</spring-mock-mvc.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.14.0</assertj.version>
         <java-hamcrest.version>2.0.0.0</java-hamcrest.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.200</h2.version>
         <dbunit.version>2.7.0</dbunit.version>
diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index b2e429ff65..b0a0aa22ea 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
             <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
             <version>${javaassist.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.assertj/assertj-core -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.javers</groupId>
             <artifactId>javers-core</artifactId>
@@ -272,7 +266,6 @@
         <multiverse.version>0.7.0</multiverse.version>
         <cglib.version>3.2.7</cglib.version>
         <javatuples.version>1.2</javatuples.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.6.2</assertj.version>
         <javers.version>3.1.0</javers.version>
         <neuroph.version>2.92</neuroph.version>
         <serenity.version>1.9.26</serenity.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence/pom.xml
index 96f8cef310..efef12a525 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence/pom.xml
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
             <version>${postgresql.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
@@ -62,7 +56,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <h2.version>1.4.200</h2.version>
-        <assertj-core.version>3.10.0</assertj-core.version>
         <commons-dbcp2.version>2.4.0</commons-dbcp2.version>
         <HikariCP.version>3.2.0</HikariCP.version>
         <c3p0.version>0.9.5.2</c3p0.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-enterprise/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-enterprise/pom.xml
index 1d9ebfc156..18d1a4f3a6 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-enterprise/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-enterprise/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
             <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
@@ -87,7 +81,6 @@
         <hibernate.version>5.3.7.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql.version>6.0.6</mysql.version>
         <mariaDB4j.version>2.2.3</mariaDB4j.version>
-        <assertj-core.version>3.8.0</assertj-core.version>
         <geodb.version>0.9</geodb.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-jpa/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-jpa/pom.xml
index 85bfdac07f..7779a85e79 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
@@ -92,7 +86,6 @@
         <hibernate.version>5.3.7.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql.version>8.0.13</mysql.version>
         <mariaDB4j.version>2.2.3</mariaDB4j.version>
-        <assertj-core.version>3.8.0</assertj-core.version>
         <spring-boot.version>2.1.7.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/pom.xml
index 7d552b262d..81f084e102 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/pom.xml
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@
             <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
@@ -166,7 +160,6 @@
     </profiles>
 
     <properties>
-        <assertj-core.version>3.15.0</assertj-core.version>
         <datasource-proxy.version>1.6</datasource-proxy.version>
         <guava.version>29.0-jre</guava.version>
         <hibernate-types.version>2.9.7</hibernate-types.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
index 805402951e..9661c3fd4c 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@
             <artifactId>hibernate-types-52</artifactId>
             <version>${hibernate-types.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
@@ -77,7 +71,6 @@
     <properties>
         <hibernate.version>5.4.12.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-types.version>2.10.4</hibernate-types.version>
-        <assertj-core.version>3.8.0</assertj-core.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.16.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <org.glassfish.javax.el.version>3.0.1-b11</org.glassfish.javax.el.version>
         <money-api.version>1.0.3</money-api.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-queries/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-queries/pom.xml
index 83b2ea4d00..20c2da9ea9 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-queries/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-queries/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
             <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
@@ -60,7 +54,6 @@
     <properties>
         <mysql.version>6.0.6</mysql.version>
         <mariaDB4j.version>2.2.3</mariaDB4j.version>
-        <assertj-core.version>3.8.0</assertj-core.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
index d46d2c16d4..6bec0d4981 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
             <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
@@ -66,7 +60,6 @@
         <hibernate.version>5.4.12.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql.version>6.0.6</mysql.version>
         <mariaDB4j.version>2.2.3</mariaDB4j.version>
-        <assertj-core.version>3.8.0</assertj-core.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-2/pom.xml
index 26895f3a87..884142f821 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-2/pom.xml
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@
             <artifactId>querydsl-jpa</artifactId>
             <version>${querydsl.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -139,7 +133,6 @@
         <hibernate.version>5.4.14.Final</hibernate.version>
         <eclipselink.version>2.7.4</eclipselink.version>
         <javax.persistence-api.version>2.2</javax.persistence-api.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.11.1</assertj.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-processor-plugin.version>3.3.3</maven-processor-plugin.version>
         <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.0.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/pom.xml
index 0eb4b8075d..b67b8bf608 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/pom.xml
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@
             <version>${postgresql.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
@@ -94,7 +88,6 @@
         <eclipselink.version>2.7.4</eclipselink.version>
         <mysql.version>8.0.21</mysql.version>
         <javax.persistence-api.version>2.2</javax.persistence-api.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.11.1</assertj.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-processor-plugin.version>3.3.3</maven-processor-plugin.version>
         <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.0.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/jpa-hibernate-cascade-type/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/jpa-hibernate-cascade-type/pom.xml
index 467fe11bc3..fd0ae117c7 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/jpa-hibernate-cascade-type/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/jpa-hibernate-cascade-type/pom.xml
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
             <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
@@ -48,7 +42,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <hibernate.version>5.4.3.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <assertj-core.version>3.12.2</assertj-core.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.17.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <javax.el-api.version>3.0.0</javax.el-api.version>
         <org.glassfish.javax.el.version>3.0.1-b11</org.glassfish.javax.el.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-jpa/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-jpa/pom.xml
index 1dca2baa98..c0324e9efd 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             <version>${guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <!-- test scoped -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -132,7 +127,6 @@
         <javax.el-api.version>2.2.5</javax.el-api.version>
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.8.0</assertj.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-mybatis/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-mybatis/pom.xml
index 1a55e76900..4eda66e1a9 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-mybatis/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-mybatis/pom.xml
@@ -64,12 +64,6 @@
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${assertj-core.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -90,8 +84,6 @@
         <mybatis.version>3.5.2</mybatis.version>
         <mybatis-spring-boot-starter.version>2.1.0</mybatis-spring-boot-starter.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.197</h2.version>
-        <!-- testing -->
-        <assertj-core.version>3.8.0</assertj-core.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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