diff --git a/spring-5-webflux-2/pom.xml b/spring-5-webflux-2/pom.xml
index 34cbda6c18..efb99e06d5 100644
--- a/spring-5-webflux-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-5-webflux-2/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockwebserver</artifactId>
+            <version>4.12.0</version> <!-- this can be removed when we migrate spring-boot-dependencies to the latest version -->
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/spring-5-webflux/pom.xml b/spring-5-webflux/pom.xml
index 69de83c227..fe6dbe5292 100644
--- a/spring-5-webflux/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-5-webflux/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockwebserver</artifactId>
+            <version>4.12.0</version> <!-- this can be removed when we migrate spring-boot-dependencies to the latest version -->
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>