diff --git a/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/layout/XmlLayoutTest.java b/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/layout/XmlLayoutTest.java
index db755ae2bf6..0f246d28389 100644
--- a/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/layout/XmlLayoutTest.java
+++ b/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/layout/XmlLayoutTest.java
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
  */
 package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.xmlunit.matchers.HasXPathMatcher.hasXPath;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
@@ -332,8 +334,9 @@ public void testAdditionalFields() {
                 .setConfiguration(ctx.getConfiguration())
                 .build();
         final String str = layout.toSerializable(LogEventFixtures.createLogEvent());
-        assertTrue(str, str.contains("<KEY1>VALUE1</KEY1>"));
-        assertTrue(str, str.contains("<KEY2>" + new JavaLookup().getRuntime() + "</KEY2>"));
+
+        assertThat(str, hasXPath("//KEY1[text()='VALUE1']"));
+        assertThat(str, hasXPath("//KEY2[text()='" + new JavaLookup().getRuntime() + "']"));
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/log4j-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
index 406c3108a1a..049ec065e85 100644
--- a/log4j-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     <hamcrest.version>3.0</hamcrest.version>
     <HdrHistogram.version>2.2.2</HdrHistogram.version>
     <hsqldb.version>2.7.4</hsqldb.version>
-    <jackson-bom.version>2.18.3</jackson-bom.version>
+    <jackson-bom.version>2.19.0</jackson-bom.version>
     <!-- Override the version in Jakarta EE 9 BOM: -->
     <jakarta-activation.version>2.1.3</jakarta-activation.version>
     <jakarta-mail.version>2.1.3</jakarta-mail.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d634c889dab..3de3452381d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
     <site-conversant.version>1.2.21</site-conversant.version>
     <site-disruptor.version>4.0.0</site-disruptor.version>
     <site-flume.version>1.11.0</site-flume.version>
-    <site-jackson.version>2.18.3</site-jackson.version>
+    <site-jackson.version>2.19.0</site-jackson.version>
     <site-javax-mail.version>1.6.2</site-javax-mail.version>
     <site-jctools.version>4.0.5</site-jctools.version>
     <site-je.version>18.3.12</site-je.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_com_fasterxml_jackson_jackson_bom.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_com_fasterxml_jackson_jackson_bom.xml
index 6644800102b..73d0af758cc 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_com_fasterxml_jackson_jackson_bom.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_com_fasterxml_jackson_jackson_bom.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
        xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
        xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
        type="updated">
-  <issue id="3515" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3515"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom` to version `2.18.3`</description>
+  <issue id="3708" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3708"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom` to version `2.19.0`</description>
 </entry>