diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ef9fc3..32471d9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
         <jmh.version>1.19</jmh.version>
         <se.eris.notnull.instrument>false</se.eris.notnull.instrument><!-- off by default -->
         <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
-        <com.uber.jaeger.version>0.23.0</com.uber.jaeger.version>
 
     </properties>
 
@@ -159,7 +158,12 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.opentracing</groupId>
                 <artifactId>opentracing-api</artifactId>
-                <version>0.31.0</version>
+                <version>0.30.0</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.uber.jaeger</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jaeger-core</artifactId>
+                <version>0.21.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
diff --git a/tchannel-core/pom.xml b/tchannel-core/pom.xml
index 24d21b3..14d6435 100644
--- a/tchannel-core/pom.xml
+++ b/tchannel-core/pom.xml
@@ -87,13 +87,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.uber.jaeger</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaeger-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${com.uber.jaeger.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/tchannel-crossdock/pom.xml b/tchannel-crossdock/pom.xml
index 9d1f9a2..db070a0 100644
--- a/tchannel-crossdock/pom.xml
+++ b/tchannel-crossdock/pom.xml
@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.uber.jaeger</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaeger-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${com.uber.jaeger.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>