diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index c9eaea5ecba0..b732fc9f7639 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 		<hsqldb.version>2.3.2</hsqldb.version>
 		<httpasyncclient.version>4.0.2</httpasyncclient.version>
 		<httpclient.version>4.3.6</httpclient.version>
-		<jackson.version>2.4.4</jackson.version>
+		<jackson.version>2.12.6.1</jackson.version>
 		<janino.version>2.6.1</janino.version>
 		<javassist.version>3.18.1-GA</javassist.version> <!-- Same as Hibernate -->
 		<javax-cache.version>1.0.0</javax-cache.version>