diff --git a/jnosql-arangodb/pom.xml b/jnosql-arangodb/pom.xml
index 4fe67d7bf..d6e4b7e16 100644
--- a/jnosql-arangodb/pom.xml
+++ b/jnosql-arangodb/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <description>The Eclipse JNoSQL layer to ArangoDB</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <arango.driver>7.15.0</arango.driver>
+        <arango.driver>7.16.0</arango.driver>
 
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/jnosql-arangodb/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jnosql/databases/arangodb/communication/ArangoDBConfiguration.java b/jnosql-arangodb/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jnosql/databases/arangodb/communication/ArangoDBConfiguration.java
index 1a2565f3c..e74cd0fc6 100644
--- a/jnosql-arangodb/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jnosql/databases/arangodb/communication/ArangoDBConfiguration.java
+++ b/jnosql-arangodb/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jnosql/databases/arangodb/communication/ArangoDBConfiguration.java
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
  */
 public abstract class ArangoDBConfiguration {
 
-    protected ArangoDB.Builder builder = new ArangoDB.Builder()
-            .serde(new JsonbSerde());
+    protected ArangoDB.Builder builder = new ArangoDB.Builder();
 
     /**
      * Adds a host in the arangodb builder
@@ -93,13 +92,7 @@ public void setUseSSL(boolean value) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the ArangoDB serde for the user data. Note that the provided
-     * serde must support serializing and deserializing JsonP types,
-     * i.e. {@link jakarta.json.JsonValue} and its children.
-     * By default, the builder is configured to use {@link JsonbSerde};
-     * this setter allows overriding it, i.e. providing an instance of
-     * {@link JsonbSerde} that uses a specific {@link jakarta.json.bind.Jsonb}
-     * instance.
+     * Set the ArangoDB serde
      *
      * @param serde the serde
      */
diff --git a/jnosql-arangodb/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jnosql/databases/arangodb/communication/JsonbSerde.java b/jnosql-arangodb/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jnosql/databases/arangodb/communication/JsonbSerde.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 248d2cd45..000000000
--- a/jnosql-arangodb/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jnosql/databases/arangodb/communication/JsonbSerde.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Copyright (c) 2022 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
- *   All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
- *   are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
- *   and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
- *   The Eclipse Public License is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
- *   and the Apache License v2.0 is available at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php.
- *
- *   You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
- *
- *   Contributors:
- *
- *   Michele Rastelli
- */
-package org.eclipse.jnosql.databases.arangodb.communication;
-
-import com.arangodb.serde.ArangoSerde;
-import jakarta.json.bind.Jsonb;
-import org.eclipse.jnosql.communication.driver.JsonbSupplier;
-
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-
-/**
- * ArangoDB user-data serde that serializes and deserializes user data using JSONB.
- * This supports natively JsonP types, i.e. {@link jakarta.json.JsonValue} and its children.
- */
-public class JsonbSerde implements ArangoSerde {
-
-    private final Jsonb jsonb;
-
-    public JsonbSerde() {
-        this(JsonbSupplier.getInstance().get());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Alternative constructor to provide {@link Jsonb} instance to use,
-     * i.e. using custom configuration, see {@link jakarta.json.bind.JsonbBuilder#create(jakarta.json.bind.JsonbConfig)}
-     * @param jsonb Jsonb
-     */
-    public JsonbSerde(Jsonb jsonb) {
-        this.jsonb = jsonb;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public byte[] serialize(Object value) {
-        return jsonb.toJson(value).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public <T> T deserialize(byte[] content, Class<T> type) {
-        return jsonb.fromJson(new String(content, StandardCharsets.UTF_8), type);
-    }
-
-}
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