diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml
index 3b55d979fe..c6f247f4e3 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-1/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
     <properties>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
-        <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
         <combinatoricslib3.version>3.3.0</combinatoricslib3.version>
         <cobertura.plugin.version>2.7</cobertura.plugin.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml
index 11a64eba8b..2f180da5e1 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-3/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <guava.version>28.0-jre</guava.version>
         <retrofit.version>2.6.0</retrofit.version>
         <JUnitParams.version>1.1.0</JUnitParams.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-4/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-4/pom.xml
index 8417c121bf..1dc9a62f64 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-4/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-4/pom.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,4 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <properties>
-        <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml
index 4a0abc5cba..7ceede9cb9 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-5/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
         <tradukisto.version>1.0.1</tradukisto.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>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/algorithms-miscellaneous-6/pom.xml b/algorithms-miscellaneous-6/pom.xml
index 1984139069..584ec8a8dd 100644
--- a/algorithms-miscellaneous-6/pom.xml
+++ b/algorithms-miscellaneous-6/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <guava.version>28.1-jre</guava.version>
         <commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/apache-kafka/pom.xml b/apache-kafka/pom.xml
index 9ff894bc55..b373d78dd1 100644
--- a/apache-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@
         <testcontainers-jupiter.version>1.15.3</testcontainers-jupiter.version>
         <flink.version>1.5.0</flink.version>
         <awaitility.version>3.0.0</awaitility.version>
-        <guava.version>29.0-jre</guava.version>
         <org.apache.spark.spark-core.version>2.4.8</org.apache.spark.spark-core.version>
         <graphframes.version>0.8.1-spark3.0-s_2.12</graphframes.version>
         <com.datastax.spark.spark-cassandra-connector.version>2.5.2</com.datastax.spark.spark-cassandra-connector.version>
diff --git a/httpclient-simple/pom.xml b/httpclient-simple/pom.xml
index 84b41cdd6c..49e47afe92 100644
--- a/httpclient-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-simple/pom.xml
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>
         <httpasyncclient.version>4.1.4</httpasyncclient.version>
         <!-- testing -->
diff --git a/libraries-data-2/pom.xml b/libraries-data-2/pom.xml
index b69d9808c4..146e50b2e1 100644
--- a/libraries-data-2/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-data-2/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@
         <derive4j.version>1.1.0</derive4j.version>
         <awaitility.version>3.0.0</awaitility.version>
         <univocity.version>2.8.4</univocity.version>
-        <guava.version>29.0-jre</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/pom.xml
index 81f084e102..031d55c17d 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <datasource-proxy.version>1.6</datasource-proxy.version>
-        <guava.version>29.0-jre</guava.version>
         <hibernate-types.version>2.9.7</hibernate-types.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.4.14.Final</hibernate.version>
         <javassist.version>3.27.0-GA</javassist.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-annotations/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-annotations/pom.xml
index 113d6e5dc6..0bbaf186c2 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
         <start-class>com.baeldung.boot.Application</start-class>
         <testcontainers.postgresql.version>1.10.6</testcontainers.postgresql.version>
         <postgresql.version>42.2.5</postgresql.version>
-        <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-crud/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-crud/pom.xml
index 139632a42a..0889cfca2a 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-crud/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-crud/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <datasource-proxy.version>1.4.1</datasource-proxy.version>
-        <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.12.2</testcontainers.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/pom.xml
index a76bcb8b0a..587261dccc 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <mapstruct.version>1.3.1.Final</mapstruct.version>
-        <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.12.2</testcontainers.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-filtering/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-filtering/pom.xml
index 038fd24723..287a3136fd 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-filtering/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-filtering/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
         <start-class>com.baeldung.boot.Application</start-class>
         <testcontainers.postgresql.version>1.10.6</testcontainers.postgresql.version>
         <postgresql.version>42.2.5</postgresql.version>
-        <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query-2/pom.xml
index ebdbc2d2d9..c74c35c37b 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query-2/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
     <properties>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>9.0.0.M26</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <jta.version>1.1</jta.version>
-        <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo-2/pom.xml
index 3109cb5192..748623c91a 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo-2/pom.xml
@@ -42,8 +42,4 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <properties>
-        <guava.version>29.0-jre</guava.version>
-    </properties>
-
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-3/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-3/pom.xml
index 9b143597c7..306c4995d2 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-3/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-3/pom.xml
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@
         <hibernate.version>3.6.10.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>8.5.8</tomcat-dbcp.version>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/pom.xml
index caa1598af4..d0fa23504c 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/pom.xml
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>9.0.0.M26</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <jta.version>1.1</jta.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-jpa-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-jpa-2/pom.xml
index 16168036be..19f5a8acc2 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-jpa-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-jpa-2/pom.xml
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@
         <spring-boot.version>2.2.6.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <!-- persistence -->
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>9.0.0.M26</tomcat-dbcp.version>
-        <!-- utilities -->
-        <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-jpa/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-jpa/pom.xml
index c0324e9efd..ddc753db86 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.15.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <xml-apis.version>1.4.01</xml-apis.version>
         <javax.el-api.version>2.2.5</javax.el-api.version>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-artifacts/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-artifacts/pom.xml
index a6a0f5f980..6bf75491eb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-artifacts/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-artifacts/pom.xml
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@
         <bootstrap.version>3.3.7-1</bootstrap.version>
         <jpa.version>2.2</jpa.version>
         <git-commit-id-plugin.version>2.2.4</git-commit-id-plugin.version>
-        <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <subethasmtp.version>3.1.7</subethasmtp.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.8</httpclient.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-client/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-client/pom.xml
index 6dc91400b5..bbdc6cca7d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-client/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
     </profiles>
 
     <properties>
-        <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <git-commit-id-plugin.version>2.2.4</git-commit-id-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-deployment/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-deployment/pom.xml
index c4d9fa7059..7a9c2096f1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-deployment/pom.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@
         <jquery.version>3.1.1</jquery.version>
         <bootstrap.version>3.3.7-1</bootstrap.version>
         <jpa.version>2.2</jpa.version>
-        <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <subethasmtp.version>3.1.7</subethasmtp.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.8</httpclient.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/pom.xml
index d63b291ea4..3ea591f561 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <jpa.version>2.2</jpa.version>
-        <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <subethasmtp.version>3.1.7</subethasmtp.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.8</httpclient.version>
         <spring.cloud-version>2021.0.0</spring.cloud-version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-libraries/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-libraries/pom.xml
index 97fde60a16..db467a8de5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-libraries/pom.xml
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@
         <chaos.monkey.version>2.0.0</chaos.monkey.version>
         <graphql-spring-boot-starter.version>5.0.2</graphql-spring-boot-starter.version>
         <graphql-java-tools.version>5.2.4</graphql-java-tools.version>
-        <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <git-commit-id-plugin.version>2.2.4</git-commit-id-plugin.version>
         <modelmapper.version>2.3.2</modelmapper.version>
         <problem-spring-web.version>0.23.0</problem-spring-web.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-properties/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-properties/pom.xml
index 3c7e13036e..41baf3bb82 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-properties/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-properties/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
     <properties>
         <spring-cloud.version>2021.0.0</spring-cloud.version>
         <commons-configuration.version>1.10</commons-configuration.version>
-        <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
         <resource.delimiter>@</resource.delimiter>
         <!-- <start-class>com.baeldung.buildproperties.Application</start-class> -->
         <start-class>com.baeldung.yaml.MyApplication</start-class>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-runtime/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-runtime/pom.xml
index 2f25c28b06..04c8ddc525 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <jpa.version>2.2</jpa.version>
-        <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <subethasmtp.version>3.1.7</subethasmtp.version>
         <springcloud.version>3.1.0</springcloud.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.8</httpclient.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot/pom.xml
index 88efdbb25b..3afccef925 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@
         <start-class>com.baeldung.intro.App</start-class>
         <tomee-servlet-api.version>8.5.11</tomee-servlet-api.version>
         <rome.version>1.9.0</rome.version>
-        <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <resource.delimiter>@</resource.delimiter>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml b/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml
index 1244d290b5..cbd59ef78e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.SpringBootRestApplication</start-class>
-        <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
         <xstream.version>1.4.11.1</xstream.version>
         <modelmapper.version>2.4.5</modelmapper.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-core-2/pom.xml b/spring-core-2/pom.xml
index a4cae17c20..719bf56e0b 100644
--- a/spring-core-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-core-2/pom.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>5.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
         <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>25.1-jre</guava.version>
         <easymock.version>3.6</easymock.version>
         <shedlock.version>2.1.0</shedlock.version>
         <javassist.version>3.22.0-GA</javassist.version>
diff --git a/spring-core-4/pom.xml b/spring-core-4/pom.xml
index 2b4fbb7a7c..2874931738 100644
--- a/spring-core-4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-core-4/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
     <properties>
         <annotation-api.version>1.3.2</annotation-api.version>
         <spring.boot.version>2.2.2.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
-        <guava.version>28.2-jre</guava.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.0.2</awaitility.version>
         <servlet-api.version>4.0.0</servlet-api.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-core/pom.xml b/spring-core/pom.xml
index 7afcf7addd..d8eaf22220 100644
--- a/spring-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-core/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
     <properties>
         <mockito.spring.boot.version>1.4.4.RELEASE</mockito.spring.boot.version>
         <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
-        <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
         <spring-boot.version>1.5.2.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-di/pom.xml b/spring-di/pom.xml
index a7fa65067b..af0601deb6 100644
--- a/spring-di/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-di/pom.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@
         <annotation-api.version>1.3.2</annotation-api.version>
         <mockito.spring.boot.version>1.4.4.RELEASE</mockito.spring.boot.version>
         <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
-        <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
         <spring-boot.version>1.5.2.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
         <aspectjweaver.version>1.9.5</aspectjweaver.version>
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
index 337597a741..0621009bdd 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.3.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <javax.el.version>2.2</javax.el.version>
         <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-digest-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-digest-auth/pom.xml
index 710a3dd3b6..4a20f007d5 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-digest-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-digest-auth/pom.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.security.version>4.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
         <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-mvc-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-mvc-custom/pom.xml
index ba6b50a7bc..104b7025ad 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-mvc-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-mvc-custom/pom.xml
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <maven-war-plugin.version>3.2.2</maven-war-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-persistent-login/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-persistent-login/pom.xml
index 8a61868172..beafc10ffd 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-persistent-login/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-persistent-login/pom.xml
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@
         <org.springframework.security.version>4.2.6.RELEASE</org.springframework.security.version>
         <!-- persistence -->
         <postgresql.version>9.4.1212</postgresql.version>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
         <spring-boot.version>1.5.10.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-react/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-react/pom.xml
index a31fafc5ad..6c66206c55 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-react/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-react/pom.xml
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@
         </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </profile> </profiles> -->
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <frontend-maven-plugin.version>1.12.0</frontend-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
index a717339082..30b92be5ac 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest-basic-auth/pom.xml
@@ -235,8 +235,6 @@
         <!-- http -->
         <httpcore.version>4.4.11</httpcore.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.8</httpclient.version>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest-custom/pom.xml
index f435a4204e..d420c45df2 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest-custom/pom.xml
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest/pom.xml
index 2fc50b2674..99a040293b 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-rest/pom.xml
@@ -244,8 +244,6 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- various -->
         <javax.validation.version>1.1.0.Final</javax.validation.version>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>26.0-jre</guava.version>
         <!-- testing -->
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
         <!-- swagger -->
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-3/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-3/pom.xml
index f9710ff2d1..7e0d741619 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-3/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
         <jquery.version>3.1.1</jquery.version>
         <bootstrap.version>3.3.7-1</bootstrap.version>
         <jpa.version>2.2</jpa.version>
-        <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <subethasmtp.version>3.1.7</subethasmtp.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.8</httpclient.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-crash/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-crash/pom.xml
index 9574eff2a4..2b7b79666d 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-crash/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-crash/pom.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.10.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <javax.el.version>3.0.1-b08</javax.el.version>
         <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <geoip2.version>2.8.0</geoip2.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 68b4c74dce..208973eccb 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.10.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <jsonpath.version>2.2.0</jsonpath.version>
         <!-- testing -->
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/pom.xml
index 782c4e5956..5910823e95 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml-2/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
         <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.10.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <javax.el.version>3.0.1-b08</javax.el.version>
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
index c814787ba7..d8d4082219 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.10.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <javax.el.version>3.0.1-b08</javax.el.version>
         <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <geoip2.version>2.8.0</geoip2.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-angular/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-angular/pom.xml
index e7cb5c8664..36f9694fa1 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-angular/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-angular/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.web.main.Application</start-class>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
index c200852e27..987d678439 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
@@ -302,8 +302,6 @@
         <xstream.version>1.4.9</xstream.version>
         <javassist.version>3.21.0-GA</javassist.version>
         <xml-apis.version>1.4.01</xml-apis.version>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.7.0</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
         <apt-maven-plugin.version>1.1.3</apt-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-simple/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-simple/pom.xml
index 21c607ea1a..2764ac8393 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-simple/pom.xml
@@ -287,8 +287,6 @@
         <protobuf-java-format.version>1.4</protobuf-java-format.version>
         <protobuf-java.version>3.1.0</protobuf-java.version>
         <xstream.version>1.4.9</xstream.version>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
         <jayway-rest-assured.version>2.9.0</jayway-rest-assured.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.0</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml
index 4fc484d1d1..52c1f6418e 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@
         <xstream.version>1.4.9</xstream.version>
         <xml-apis.version>1.4.01</xml-apis.version>
         <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <javassist.version>3.25.0-GA</javassist.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate/pom.xml
index 93902bc81c..4ad2f9dc58 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate/pom.xml
@@ -258,8 +258,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <xstream.version>1.4.9</xstream.version>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
         <findbugs-maven-plugin.version>3.0.4</findbugs-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/testing-modules/mockito/pom.xml b/testing-modules/mockito/pom.xml
index a159f609a5..36f4a56dff 100644
--- a/testing-modules/mockito/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/mockito/pom.xml
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@
         <spring-boot.version>2.0.4.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <spring-framework.version>5.0.8.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
         <spring-data.version>2.0.9.RELEASE</spring-data.version>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <!-- testing -->
         <powermock.version>2.0.2</powermock.version>
         <javax.persistence.version>2.1.1</javax.persistence.version>
diff --git a/testing-modules/rest-assured/pom.xml b/testing-modules/rest-assured/pom.xml
index 0658094efd..b19ad1270a 100644
--- a/testing-modules/rest-assured/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/rest-assured/pom.xml
@@ -160,9 +160,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <jackson-coreutils.version>1.8</jackson-coreutils.version>
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <servlet-api.version>2.5</servlet-api.version>
         <javax.mail.version>1.4.7</javax.mail.version>
         <jetty.version>9.4.0.v20161208</jetty.version>
diff --git a/testing-modules/rest-testing/pom.xml b/testing-modules/rest-testing/pom.xml
index 42e15f5199..f03d4f3803 100644
--- a/testing-modules/rest-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/rest-testing/pom.xml
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@
     </profiles>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- util -->
-        <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <!-- testing -->
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
         <cucumber.version>6.8.0</cucumber.version>