diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abbbbcc..42f5381 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<version>2.8.8</version>
+			<version>2.9.10.7</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- jackson YAML support for reading choosealicense.com data
 		     files -->