diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b66d712d..81e053ce0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <rhino.version>1.7.7.2</rhino.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.10</slf4j.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.8.1</commons-lang3.version>
-    <jackson.version>2.9.7</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.12.6.1</jackson.version>
     <freemarker.version>2.3.19</freemarker.version>
     <!-- testing libs -->
     <testng.version>6.7</testng.version>