diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/pom.xml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/pom.xml
index 4970bb7a044..05afe6b5dd9 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.0</version>
+      <version>2.12.6.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>