diff --git a/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml b/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
index 5e269ca..d2cd7af 100644
--- a/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
+++ b/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.0</version>
+      <version>2.12.6.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>