diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index e3dd23661..5790faa1c 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
             <scope>compile</scope>
             <optional>true</optional>
-            <classifier>jdk15</classifier>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- SLF4J support -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b7b10ddb6..b120f6c78 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -869,10 +869,9 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
                 <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-                <version>5.1</version>
+                <version>5.14.10</version>
                 <scope>compile</scope>
                 <optional>true</optional>
-                <classifier>jdk15</classifier>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>