diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba8ff6d3f68081b1be148dd4df87b07445069870..a9d14e3d16947992044eef08eb1a86cb1f733aa8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,16 +30,15 @@
       <scope>provided</scope> 
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.12</version>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.12</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/no/bioforsk/vips/core/VIPSCoreApplication.java b/src/main/java/no/bioforsk/vips/core/VIPSCoreApplication.java
index e890e15a4ac68bef4792f54448d20d1f958bbde8..c023ca8b9847980f7845245c492a76e06089a467 100644
--- a/src/main/java/no/bioforsk/vips/core/VIPSCoreApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/bioforsk/vips/core/VIPSCoreApplication.java
@@ -56,6 +56,5 @@ public class VIPSCoreApplication extends Application
      */
     private void addRestResourceClasses(Set<Class<?>> resources) {
         resources.add(no.bioforsk.vips.core.config.JacksonConfig.class);
-        resources.add(no.bioforsk.vips.core.service.ModelResourceImpl.class);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/no/bioforsk/vips/core/config/JacksonConfig.java b/src/main/java/no/bioforsk/vips/core/config/JacksonConfig.java
index 00dc88a492752b25b59107458eacf796903ac463..32f813bbccff171e13af1ad0023c75522926c837 100644
--- a/src/main/java/no/bioforsk/vips/core/config/JacksonConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/bioforsk/vips/core/config/JacksonConfig.java
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.ext.ContextResolver;
 import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializationConfig;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 
 /**
  * This config ensures that Jackson serializes dates as [ISO-8601 ]-compliant notation,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class JacksonConfig  implements ContextResolver<ObjectMapper>{
     public JacksonConfig()
     {
         objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
-        objectMapper.configure(SerializationConfig.Feature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);
+        objectMapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);
     }
 
     @Override