diff --git a/connect-file-pulse-plugin/pom.xml b/connect-file-pulse-plugin/pom.xml
index 5567a9b1c..8a01ef3b8 100644
--- a/connect-file-pulse-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/connect-file-pulse-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -381,10 +381,6 @@
             <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.streamthoughts</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-connect-filepulse-local-fs</artifactId>
diff --git a/connect-file-pulse-plugin/src/test/java/io/streamthoughts/kafka/connect/filepulse/fs/filter/DateInFilenameFileListFilterTest.java b/connect-file-pulse-plugin/src/test/java/io/streamthoughts/kafka/connect/filepulse/fs/filter/DateInFilenameFileListFilterTest.java
index 86f2ad37f..36ed5c1a5 100644
--- a/connect-file-pulse-plugin/src/test/java/io/streamthoughts/kafka/connect/filepulse/fs/filter/DateInFilenameFileListFilterTest.java
+++ b/connect-file-pulse-plugin/src/test/java/io/streamthoughts/kafka/connect/filepulse/fs/filter/DateInFilenameFileListFilterTest.java
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 import static io.streamthoughts.kafka.connect.filepulse.fs.filter.DateInFilenameFileListFilterTest.Fixture.invalidCutoffDate;
 import static io.streamthoughts.kafka.connect.filepulse.fs.filter.DateInFilenameFileListFilterTest.Fixture.maxCutoffDate;
 import static io.streamthoughts.kafka.connect.filepulse.fs.filter.DateInFilenameFileListFilterTest.Fixture.minCutoffDate;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments.arguments;
 
 import io.streamthoughts.kafka.connect.filepulse.source.FileObjectMeta;
@@ -52,10 +54,9 @@ class DateInFilenameFileListFilterTest {
     @Test
     void when_pattern_empty_configure_should_throw_exception() {
         DateInFilenameFileListFilter filter = new DateInFilenameFileListFilter();
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> filter.configure(Map.of()))
-                .isInstanceOf(ConfigException.class)
-                .hasMessageContaining(FILE_FILTER_DATE_REGEX_EXTRACTOR_PATTERN_CONFIG)
-                .hasNoCause();
+        ConfigException configException = assertThrows(ConfigException.class, () -> filter.configure(Map.of()));
+        assertNull(configException.getCause());
+        assertTrue(configException.getMessage().contains(FILE_FILTER_DATE_REGEX_EXTRACTOR_PATTERN_CONFIG));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -65,10 +66,9 @@ void when_date_min_invalid_configure_should_throw_exception() {
                         FILE_FILTER_DATE_MIN_DATE_CONFIG, invalidCutoffDate);
 
         DateInFilenameFileListFilter filter = new DateInFilenameFileListFilter();
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> filter.configure(configs))
-                .isInstanceOf(ConfigException.class)
-                .hasMessageContaining(FILE_FILTER_DATE_MIN_DATE_CONFIG)
-                .hasNoCause();
+        ConfigException configException = assertThrows(ConfigException.class, () -> filter.configure(configs));
+        assertNull(configException.getCause());
+        assertTrue(configException.getMessage().contains(FILE_FILTER_DATE_MIN_DATE_CONFIG));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -78,10 +78,9 @@ void when_date_max_invalid_configure_should_throw_exception() {
                         FILE_FILTER_DATE_MAX_DATE_CONFIG, invalidCutoffDate);
 
         DateInFilenameFileListFilter filter = new DateInFilenameFileListFilter();
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> filter.configure(configs))
-                .isInstanceOf(ConfigException.class)
-                .hasMessageContaining(FILE_FILTER_DATE_MAX_DATE_CONFIG)
-                .hasNoCause();
+        ConfigException configException = assertThrows(ConfigException.class, () -> filter.configure(configs));
+        assertNull(configException.getCause());
+        assertTrue(configException.getMessage().contains(FILE_FILTER_DATE_MAX_DATE_CONFIG));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -90,10 +89,9 @@ void when_neither_max_date_nor_min_date_provided_configure_should_throw_exceptio
                 Map.of(FILE_FILTER_DATE_REGEX_EXTRACTOR_PATTERN_CONFIG, dateExtractorRegex);
 
         DateInFilenameFileListFilter filter = new DateInFilenameFileListFilter();
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> filter.configure(configs))
-                .isInstanceOf(ConfigException.class)
-                .hasMessageContaining("At least one of")
-                .hasNoCause();
+        ConfigException configException = assertThrows(ConfigException.class, () -> filter.configure(configs));
+        assertNull(configException.getCause());
+        assertTrue(configException.getMessage().contains("At least one of"));
     }
 
     private DateInFilenameFileListFilter prepareFilter(String minCutoffDate, String maxCutoffDate) {
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ void when_called_test_should_return_expected_value(Boolean expected,
                                                        String maxCutoffDate) {
 
         DateInFilenameFileListFilter filter = prepareFilter(minCutoffDate, maxCutoffDate);
-        assertThat(filter.test(meta)).isEqualTo(expected);
+        assertEquals(expected, filter.test(meta));
     }
 
     public static Stream<Arguments> when_called_test_should_return_expected_value() {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 711dfacc8..c9a549d8d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -611,12 +611,6 @@
                 <version>5.3.0</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-                <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-                <version>3.24.2</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
             <!-- END test dependencies-->
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>