diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 093aa079c6..1a8db489f3 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.npn</groupId>
       <artifactId>npn-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${npn.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- see https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/874 -->