diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86c810b1c5926c8eedd1a1cad14c73bf4fc21771..e3c393a8fcb28df6289f0620604a2358fa999ba7 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>