diff --git a/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml
index f9099424037c..6bcdccd1ba1a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml
@@ -339,12 +339,6 @@
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
         <version>1.54.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-        <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-        <version>1.54.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
-        <type>test-jar</type>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core-grpc</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml b/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml
index 7727cad243cb..dbefc9a15dd7 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@
         <artifactId>google-api-services-translate</artifactId>
         <version>v2-rev20170525-1.27.0</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
+        <version>1.54.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <type>test-jar</type>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.json</groupId>
         <artifactId>json</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-cloud-testing/pom.xml b/google-cloud-testing/pom.xml
index 9af5da129c98..cfd91c8f543d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-testing/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+        <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
+        <version>1.54.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <type>test-jar</type>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-managedtest</artifactId>