diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 192b518389d..5880268fd4f 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <parsson.version>1.1.5.payara-p1</parsson.version>
         <jakarta.activation-api.version>2.1.3</jakarta.activation-api.version>
         <jaxb-api.version>4.0.1.payara-p1</jaxb-api.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.17.2</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.18.0</jackson.version>
         <jersey.version>3.1.7.payara-p1</jersey.version>
         <jakarta.validation.version>3.0.2</jakarta.validation.version>
         <hibernate.validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate.validator.version>