diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c4e5cbccc..966451f62 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <jackson.version>2.11.3</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.12.2</jackson.version>
     <jdom.version>2.0.2</jdom.version>
     <!--
       ! This controls the minimum java version