diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3908c0c5f..2a0e5bc3a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.5</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- provided scope for JsonNode support -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.5</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>