diff --git a/libraries.gradle b/libraries.gradle
index 91725047b2..5497edf78f 100644
--- a/libraries.gradle
+++ b/libraries.gradle
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ ext {
 
             // Groovy
             groovy: "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:${groovyVersion}",
-            groovySql: "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-sql:${groovyVersion}"
+            groovySql: "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-sql:${groovyVersion}",
+
+            // Jackson
+            jacksonDatabind: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jacksonVersion}"
     ]
 
     jettyLibs = [
diff --git a/modules/dbsupport/build.gradle b/modules/dbsupport/build.gradle
index 6982807958..1af0ffd5e3 100644
--- a/modules/dbsupport/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/dbsupport/build.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ dependencies {
     compile libraries.hibernate_c3p0
     compile libraries.hibernate_ehcache
     compile libraries.jta
-    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jacksonVersion}"
+    compile libraries.jacksonDatabind
 }