diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad0819b69ab..713894b27e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <hdr.version>2.1.10</hdr.version>
         <jackson.version>2.8.11</jackson.version>
         <!-- jackson-databind 2.7.x is the last to support java 6 -->
-        <jackson-databind.version>2.7.9.7</jackson-databind.version>
+        <jackson-databind.version>2.12.7.1</jackson-databind.version>
         <joda.version>2.9.9</joda.version>
         <jsr353-api.version>1.0</jsr353-api.version>
         <jsr353-ri.version>1.0.4</jsr353-ri.version>