diff --git a/zookeeper-api/pom.xml b/zookeeper-api/pom.xml
index b2fc3b1165..3456279215 100644
--- a/zookeeper-api/pom.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-api/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.18.6</version>
+      <version>2.21.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>