diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2fd51e931395ab5477e1833ae476033a271f29d..2c4e1831648ea21797a2455298255f07ca2e0ec0 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <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>