diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4f91427fc4321462b7c221439bb51f0fce9ea60..595e27358736d03945f57f76df4318665e17ad86 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16.1</version>
+            <version>2.18.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>