diff --git a/exercises/automatic-instrumentation/initial/todobackend-springboot/pom.xml b/exercises/automatic-instrumentation/initial/todobackend-springboot/pom.xml
index 8ee2923..efe02e6 100644
--- a/exercises/automatic-instrumentation/initial/todobackend-springboot/pom.xml
+++ b/exercises/automatic-instrumentation/initial/todobackend-springboot/pom.xml
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
-			<artifactId>opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotations</artifactId>
-			<version>2.4.0</version>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
@@ -72,4 +67,4 @@
 	</build>
 
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>