diff --git a/aws-iot-device-sdk-java/pom.xml b/aws-iot-device-sdk-java/pom.xml
index 0e025d1726..b2fc48f8a7 100644
--- a/aws-iot-device-sdk-java/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-iot-device-sdk-java/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.12.0</version>
+      <version>2.12.6.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.paho</groupId>