diff --git a/authentication/authentication-authtypelockfilter-impl/pom.xml b/authentication/authentication-authtypelockfilter-impl/pom.xml
index 6c8e9f0653d..586c180f18d 100644
--- a/authentication/authentication-authtypelockfilter-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/authentication/authentication-authtypelockfilter-impl/pom.xml
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@
 		<jcl.to.slf4j.version>1.7.25</jcl.to.slf4j.version>
 
 		<!-- json -->
-		<jackson.version>2.9.5</jackson.version>
-		<jackson.datatype.version>2.9.8</jackson.datatype.version>
 		<json.utility.version>20180130</json.utility.version>
 		<json.schema.validator.version>2.2.10</json.schema.validator.version>
 		<json.version>20180813</json.version>
diff --git a/authentication/authentication-hotlistfilter-impl/pom.xml b/authentication/authentication-hotlistfilter-impl/pom.xml
index 99124957bb8..7665e679b29 100644
--- a/authentication/authentication-hotlistfilter-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/authentication/authentication-hotlistfilter-impl/pom.xml
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@
 		<jcl.to.slf4j.version>1.7.25</jcl.to.slf4j.version>
 
 		<!-- json -->
-		<jackson.version>2.9.5</jackson.version>
-		<jackson.datatype.version>2.9.8</jackson.datatype.version>
-		<jackson.databind>2.9.6</jackson.databind>
 		<json.utility.version>20180130</json.utility.version>
 		<json.schema.validator.version>2.2.10</json.schema.validator.version>
 		<json.version>20180813</json.version>
diff --git a/authentication/pom.xml b/authentication/pom.xml
index baf1d8c9395..f85804c6215 100644
--- a/authentication/pom.xml
+++ b/authentication/pom.xml
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
-			<version>2.12.0</version>
+			<version>${jackson.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-module-jaxb-annotations</artifactId>
-			<version>2.12.0</version>
+			<version>${jackson.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<dependency>