diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3151b05..c86efb4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.1</version>
+            <version>2.12.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- for Java-XML and XML-Java conversion -->
         <dependency>