diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53c117e557d9f96124417e277ba9de7ebe4d1f5d..027f41b1d2bda2355950f316654df0408fc90625 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.1</version>
+            <version>2.16.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>