diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f6ac89a1fe5d14cdf8f87bcaefed25d6139b45ec..805a1642718e384dbf09b3f666dcd247ab85a633 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16.1</version>
+            <version>2.18.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>