diff --git a/tika-parent/pom.xml b/tika-parent/pom.xml
index 407336c327..961ba4347e 100644
--- a/tika-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parent/pom.xml
@@ -1001,12 +1001,6 @@
           <artifactId>hdf5-platform</artifactId>
           <version>${hdf5.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>