diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/apache-httpclient-4-5.yml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/apache-httpclient-4-5.yml
index 5b1e87edc..cd14b23ce 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/apache-httpclient-4-5.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/apache-httpclient-4-5.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ recipeList:
       groupId: org.apache.httpcomponents
       artifactId: httpclient
       newVersion: 4.5.x
-      overrideManagedVersion: true
   - org.openrewrite.java.apache.httpclient4.MappingDeprecatedClasses
 ---
 type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/apache-httpclient-5.yml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/apache-httpclient-5.yml
index 5bfb8a526..ae4b74cac 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/apache-httpclient-5.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/apache-httpclient-5.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ recipeList:
       newGroupId: org.apache.httpcomponents.client5
       newArtifactId: httpclient5
       newVersion: 5.1.x
-      overrideManagedVersion: true
   - org.openrewrite.java.apache.httpclient5.UpgradeApacheHttpClient_5_ClassMapping
   - org.openrewrite.java.apache.httpclient5.UpgradeApacheHttpClient_5_DeprecatedMethods
   - org.openrewrite.java.apache.httpclient5.UseTimeout