diff --git a/biojava-structure/pom.xml b/biojava-structure/pom.xml
index c80a8490bd..3c26b64d67 100644
--- a/biojava-structure/pom.xml
+++ b/biojava-structure/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<version>2.13.4.2</version>
+			<version>2.18.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- logging dependencies (managed by parent pom, don't set versions or
 			scopes here) -->