diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6eb6530dc..e46edaee3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         <hbase100.core.version>1.0.2</hbase100.core.version>
         <hbase100.version>${hbase100.core.version}</hbase100.version>
         <jackson1.version>1.9.2</jackson1.version>
-        <jackson2.version>2.4.4</jackson2.version>
+        <jackson2.version>2.12.6.1</jackson2.version>
         <!-- ES depends on Lucene.  This ES dependency can affect the
              version used by the janusgraph-lucene module.  When updating
              the ES version, also consider the version of Lucene, and