diff --git a/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt b/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt
index a712fde6322fb..54a5861acc94e 100644
--- a/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt
+++ b/eng/versioning/external_dependencies.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ com.microsoft.rest.v2:client-runtime;2.1.1
 com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc;9.2.1.jre8
 com.microsoft.azure:spring-data-cosmosdb;2.3.0
 com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp;4.8.1
-com.zaxxer:HikariCP;4.0.3
 commons-codec:commons-codec;1.15
 commons-net:commons-net;3.6
 io.fabric8:kubernetes-client;4.13.3
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ javax.json:javax.json-api;1.1.4
 javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api;4.0.1
 javax.validation:validation-api;2.0.1.Final
 javax.websocket:javax.websocket-api;1.1
-mysql:mysql-connector-java;8.0.26
 net.minidev:json-smart;2.4.7
 org.apache.ant:ant;1.9.4
 org.apache.avro:avro;1.10.1
@@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ org.javatuples:javatuples;1.2
 org.linguafranca.pwdb:KeePassJava2;2.1.4
 org.powermock:powermock-api-mockito2;2.0.2
 org.powermock:powermock-module-junit4;2.0.2
-org.postgresql:postgresql;42.2.23
 org.slf4j:slf4j-api;1.7.32
 org.slf4j:slf4j-nop;1.7.32
 org.slf4j:slf4j-simple;1.7.32
@@ -130,7 +127,6 @@ org.springframework:spring-context-support;5.3.9
 org.springframework:spring-context;5.3.9
 org.springframework:spring-core;5.3.9
 org.springframework:spring-expression;5.3.9
-org.springframework:spring-jdbc;5.3.9
 org.springframework:spring-jms;5.3.9
 org.springframework:spring-messaging;5.3.9
 org.springframework:spring-tx;5.3.9
diff --git a/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index 70889fcecba3f..725b0e2bccb64 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -36,53 +36,6 @@
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
 
-		<!-- Cloud SQL -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>5.3.9</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.springframework:spring-jdbc;external_dependency} -->
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
-
-
-    <!--TODO do we need this dependency? -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
-      <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.3</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.zaxxer:HikariCP;external_dependency} -->
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-
-		<!-- PostgreSQL -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <version>42.2.23</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.postgresql:postgresql;external_dependency} -->
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
-
-		<!-- MySQL -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>8.0.26</version> <!-- {x-version-update;mysql:mysql-connector-java;external_dependency} -->
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
-
-		<!-- SQL Server -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>9.2.1.jre8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc;external_dependency} -->
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
-
 		<!-- Event Hub -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure.spring</groupId>
@@ -343,13 +296,10 @@
               <includes>
                 <include>com.microsoft.azure:azure-servicebus-jms:[0.0.7]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;com.microsoft.azure:azure-servicebus-jms;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>com.microsoft.azure:msal4j:[1.11.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;com.microsoft.azure:msal4j;external_dependency} -->
-                <include>com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc:[9.2.1.jre8]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt:[9.10]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:[4.0.1]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api;external_dependency} -->
-                <include>mysql:mysql-connector-java:[8.0.26]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;mysql:mysql-connector-java;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.apache.qpid:qpid-jms-client:[0.53.0]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.apache.qpid:qpid-jms-client;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:[6.2.0.Final]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator;external_dependency} -->
-                <include>org.postgresql:postgresql:[42.2.23]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.postgresql:postgresql;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure:[2.5.3]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure-processor:[2.5.3]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure-processor;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure:[2.5.3]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure;external_dependency} -->
@@ -365,7 +315,6 @@
                 <include>org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-resource-server:[5.5.1]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-resource-server;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework.security:spring-security-web:[5.5.1]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.springframework.security:spring-security-web;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework:spring-context-support:[5.3.9]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.springframework:spring-context-support;external_dependency} -->
-                <include>org.springframework:spring-jdbc:[5.3.9]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.springframework:spring-jdbc;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework:spring-jms:[5.3.9]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.springframework:spring-jms;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework:spring-web:[5.3.9]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.springframework:spring-web;external_dependency} -->
                 <include>org.springframework:spring-webflux:[5.3.9]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.springframework:spring-webflux;external_dependency} -->
diff --git a/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-core/pom.xml b/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-core/pom.xml
index 412714ee73971..c1a76036d9c75 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-core/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-core/pom.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.3.9</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.springframework:spring-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+      <version>5.3.9</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.springframework:spring-context;external_dependency} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
           <rules>
             <bannedDependencies>
               <includes>
-                <include>org.springframework:spring-core:[5.3.9]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.springframework:spring-core;external_dependency} -->
+                <include>org.springframework:spring-context:[5.3.9]</include> <!-- {x-include-update;org.springframework:spring-context;external_dependency} -->
               </includes>
             </bannedDependencies>
           </rules>
diff --git a/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-starter/pom.xml b/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-starter/pom.xml
index 63f428ba58022..e4d440bc0cdc3 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/spring/azure-spring-cloud-starter/pom.xml
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
       <version>2.5.3</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter;external_dependency} -->
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.3</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation;external_dependency} -->
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure.spring</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-spring-cloud-autoconfigure</artifactId>