diff --git a/api/payara-bom/pom.xml b/api/payara-bom/pom.xml
index a2f0476cd8e..067a4e47cb9 100644
--- a/api/payara-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/api/payara-bom/pom.xml
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.opentracing</groupId>
                 <artifactId>opentracing-api</artifactId>
+                <version>${opentracing.version}</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>