diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 5db9a65233838..4f4be13747043 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -668,7 +668,6 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>sparkr-pkg</id>