diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-cassandra/package.json
index e0fe598994..e0a751a272 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": "4.3.5",
     "cassandra-driver": "4.6.3"
   },
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pino/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pino/package.json
index f0979a0fe1..1ee04a020c 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": "4.3.5"
   },
   "dependencies": {