diff --git a/wear/build.gradle b/wear/build.gradle
index b18138cb08..237d585dfc 100644
--- a/wear/build.gradle
+++ b/wear/build.gradle
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
     testImplementation "org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.5.0"
     testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.3"
-    implementation "androidx.core:core-ktx:+"
+    implementation "androidx.core:core-ktx:$coreVersion"
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
 }
 repositories {