diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f88bff..243dccb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <scylladb.version>1.7.1</scylladb.version>
         <!-- align with org.apache.hbase:hbase -->
         <jackson1.version>1.9.13</jackson1.version>
-        <jackson2.version>2.10.3</jackson2.version>
+        <jackson2.version>2.12.1</jackson2.version>
         <lucene-solr.version>7.7.2</lucene-solr.version>
         <elasticsearch.version>7.6.2</elasticsearch.version>
         <commons.beanutils.version>1.7.0</commons.beanutils.version>