diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-amqp/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-amqp/pom.xml
index 1b7840fdbd1..59393b11b80 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-amqp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-amqp/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-amqp</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>