diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5500879cf..0b4698da2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-common:${kotlin_version}"
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.3.9"
     implementation "${group}:common-utils:${common_utils_version}"
-    implementation group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version: '31.0.1-jre'
     implementation 'org.json:json:20220924'
     implementation group: 'com.github.wnameless.json', name: 'json-flattener', version: '0.15.1'
     // json-base, jackson-databind, jackson-annotations are only used by json-flattener.
@@ -317,7 +316,7 @@ testClusters.integTest {
     setting 'path.repo', repo.absolutePath
 }
 
-String baseVersion = "2.5.0"
+String baseVersion = "2.6.0"
 String bwcVersion = baseVersion + ".0"
 String baseName = "obsBwcCluster"
 String bwcFilePath = "src/test/resources/bwc/"