diff --git a/aws-xray/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/XraySamplerClient.java b/aws-xray/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/XraySamplerClient.java
index 1c7958889..84dbd0144 100644
--- a/aws-xray/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/XraySamplerClient.java
+++ b/aws-xray/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/awsxray/XraySamplerClient.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ final class XraySamplerClient {
 
   private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER =
       new ObjectMapper()
-          .setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY)
+          .setDefaultPropertyInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY)
           // AWS APIs return timestamps as floats.
           .registerModule(
               new SimpleModule().addDeserializer(Date.class, new FloatDateDeserializer()))
diff --git a/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts b/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
index 904f8fd12..4afbf4a6a 100644
--- a/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies {
   // (the constraints section below doesn't have this issue, and will only show up
   // as runtime dependencies if they are actually used as runtime dependencies)
   api(enforcedPlatform("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha:${otelInstrumentationVersion}"))
-  api(enforcedPlatform("com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.19.2"))
+  api(enforcedPlatform("com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.20.0"))
   api(enforcedPlatform("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-bom:4.32.0"))
   api(enforcedPlatform("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-bom:5.1.0"))
 
diff --git a/ibm-mq-metrics/build.gradle.kts b/ibm-mq-metrics/build.gradle.kts
index 552417048..2370f2893 100644
--- a/ibm-mq-metrics/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/ibm-mq-metrics/build.gradle.kts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies {
   api("org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1")
   api("com.ibm.mq:com.ibm.mq.allclient:9.4.3.1")
   api("org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.5")
-  api("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.19.2")
+  api("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.20.0")
   api("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk")
   api("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp")
   api("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure")