diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index 9a1f0400..8da705d2 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     <main.basedir>${project.basedir}/..</main.basedir>
     <!-- use the same value in ../pom.xml -->
     <zipkin.version>2.24.4</zipkin.version>
-    <zipkin-proto3.version>1.0.0</zipkin-proto3.version>
   </properties>
 
   <url>https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-reporter-java</url>
@@ -86,11 +85,6 @@
         <artifactId>zipkin</artifactId>
         <version>${zipkin.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>io.zipkin.proto3</groupId>
-        <artifactId>zipkin-proto3</artifactId>
-        <version>${zipkin-proto3.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
         <artifactId>zipkin-reporter</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01719445..f3a4df34 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
 
     <!-- use the same value in bom/pom.xml -->
     <zipkin.version>2.24.4</zipkin.version>
-    <zipkin-proto3.version>1.0.0</zipkin-proto3.version>
 
     <!-- Do not set this value in bom/pom.xml to avoid cyclic pinning -->
     <brave.version>5.16.0</brave.version>