diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e39155..1e183b4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        <version>2.21.3</version>  <!-- use the latest version available -->
+        <version>2.21.4</version>  <!-- use the latest version available -->
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.code.gson/gson -->