diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 163c9d7b..dd7faa2b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.1</version>
+      <version>2.16.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- self installed into maven repo -->
     <dependency>