diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index ee6101230a..0383f5a7fc 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- Pekko -->
-
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
+                <artifactId>pekko-serialization-jackson_2.13</artifactId>
+                <version>${pekko-bom.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pekko-bom_${scala.version}</artifactId>
@@ -177,6 +181,7 @@
                 <scope>import</scope>
                 <type>pom</type>
             </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.parboiled</groupId>
                 <artifactId>parboiled_${scala.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/internal/utils/cluster/pom.xml b/internal/utils/cluster/pom.xml
index 0104962d0b..ff46868b7b 100755
--- a/internal/utils/cluster/pom.xml
+++ b/internal/utils/cluster/pom.xml
@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
             <artifactId>pekko-serialization-jackson_${scala.version}</artifactId>
-            <!--  pekko-cluster-sharding depends on pekko-serialization-jackson:1.0.0 so we override here to have consistency  -->
-            <version>${pekko-bom.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
         <!-- annotations used in our code, so manually add the import: -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>