diff --git a/tika-parent/pom.xml b/tika-parent/pom.xml
index e50e6ff650..4bebed9206 100644
--- a/tika-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parent/pom.xml
@@ -1044,12 +1044,6 @@
         <artifactId>nimbus-jose-jwt</artifactId>
         <version>${nimbus-jose-jwt.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <!-- dependency of logging-parent, default 0.3.0. TODO remove when no longer needed -->
-      <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.jspecify</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jspecify</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0</version>
-      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>