diff --git a/identity_resolver/Cargo.toml b/identity_resolver/Cargo.toml
index 76c88ca6c1..3715dbaa20 100644
--- a/identity_resolver/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity_resolver/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ features = ["send-sync-client-ext", "iota-client"]
 optional = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-identity_iota_core = { version = "=1.1.1", path = "../identity_iota_core", features = ["test"] }
+identity_iota_core = { path = "../identity_iota_core", features = ["test"] }
 iota-sdk = { version = "1.0.2" }
 tokio = { version = "1.29.0", default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }