diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/package.json
index 9033d1ffb6..1050f03a39 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
     "rimraf": "3.0.2",
     "sinon": "9.2.4",
     "ts-mocha": "8.0.0",
-    "ts-node": "9.1.1",
     "typescript": "4.3.2",
     "cassandra-driver": "4.6.3"
   },
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pino/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pino/package.json
index 56c04f8bea..85ffc72c2f 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pino/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pino/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
     "rimraf": "3.0.2",
     "sinon": "9.2.4",
     "ts-mocha": "8.0.0",
-    "ts-node": "9.1.1",
     "typescript": "4.3.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {