diff --git a/cello/cello-common/pom.xml b/cello/cello-common/pom.xml
index 668df0af..060eb35c 100644
--- a/cello/cello-common/pom.xml
+++ b/cello/cello-common/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.10.3</version>
+      <version>2.12.6.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.sbolstandard</groupId>