diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index d451afc1e8a..27c30a98743 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 		<jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
 		<jtds.version>1.3.1</jtds.version>
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-		<junit-jupiter.version>5.4.2</junit-jupiter.version>
+		<junit-jupiter.version>5.5.0-RC1</junit-jupiter.version>
 		<kafka.version>2.2.1</kafka.version>
 		<kotlin.version>1.3.31</kotlin.version>
 		<lettuce.version>5.1.7.RELEASE</lettuce.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index 99b007f15eb..e5deb0782dd 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -6934,9 +6934,9 @@ useful libraries.
 
 [TIP]
 ====
-The starter also brings the vintage engine and `junit:junit` so that you can run both
-JUnit 4 and Junit 5 tests. If you have migrated your tests to JUnit 5, you should
-exclude JUnit 4 support, as shown in the following example:
+The starter also brings the vintage engine so that you can run both JUnit 4 and Junit 5
+tests. If you have migrated your tests to JUnit 5, you should exclude JUnit 4 support, as
+shown in the following example:
 
 [source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes,attributes"]
 ----
@@ -6949,10 +6949,6 @@ exclude JUnit 4 support, as shown in the following example:
 				<groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
 				<artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
 			</exclusion>
-			<exclusion>
-				<groupId>junit</groupId>
-				<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			</exclusion>
 		</exclusions>
 	</dependency>
 ----
@@ -9030,8 +9026,7 @@ makes it possible to use `@BeforeClass` and `@AfterClass` annotations on non-sta
 methods, which is a good fit for Kotlin.
 
 JUnit 5 is the default and the vintage engine is provided for backward compatibility with
-JUnit 4. If you don't use it, exclude `org.junit.vintange:junit-vintage-engine` and
-`junit:junit`. See the
+JUnit 4. If you don't use it, exclude `org.junit.vintange:junit-vintage-engine`. See the
 {junit5-documentation}/#dependency-metadata-junit-jupiter-samples[JUnit 5 documentation]
 for more details. You also need to
 {junit5-documentation}/#writing-tests-test-instance-lifecycle-changing-default[switch test
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-test/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-test/pom.xml
index 87ca31d504d..abf87ae9129 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-test/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-test/pom.xml
@@ -49,16 +49,6 @@
 				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-					<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-junit-jupiter/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-junit-jupiter/pom.xml
index d0a350b94f0..15eb0420649 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-junit-jupiter/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-junit-jupiter/pom.xml
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 					<groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
 					<artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>junit</groupId>
-					<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>