diff --git a/agent/agent/build.gradle.kts b/agent/agent/build.gradle.kts
index 7e0b8a0927c..aa284ce65f2 100644
--- a/agent/agent/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/agent/agent/build.gradle.kts
@@ -222,7 +222,5 @@ configurations {
     // excluding unused dependencies for size (~1.8mb)
     exclude("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat", "jackson-dataformat-xml")
     exclude("com.fasterxml.woodstox", "woodstox-core")
-    // temporarily overriding version until latest azure-json is part of azure-core
-    resolutionStrategy.force("com.azure:azure-json:1.3.0")
   }
 }