diff --git a/instrumentation/finatra-2.9/finatra-2.9.gradle b/instrumentation/finatra-2.9/finatra-2.9.gradle
index 99b6fcd3fd73..0d37ca61a47e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/finatra-2.9/finatra-2.9.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/finatra-2.9/finatra-2.9.gradle
@@ -35,14 +35,13 @@ dependencies {
   testCompile project(':instrumentation:netty:netty-4.1')
 
   testCompile group: 'com.twitter', name: 'finatra-http_2.11', version: '19.12.0'
-  testCompile(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: '2.9.10') {
-    force = true
-  }
+  testCompile(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: '2.9.10')
   // Required for older versions of finatra on JDKs >= 11
   testCompile group: 'com.sun.activation', name: 'javax.activation', version: '1.2.0'
 
   latestDepTestCompile project(':instrumentation:netty:netty-4.1')
   latestDepTestCompile group: 'com.twitter', name: 'finatra-http_2.11', version: '+'
+  latestDepTestCompile(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: '2.11.0')
 }
 
 compileLatestDepTestGroovy {