diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/java/vertx5/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/java/vertx5/pom.xml
index 0ebf28926388..f39579f33d39 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/java/vertx5/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/java/vertx5/pom.xml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <vertx-version>5.0.11</vertx-version>
         <jackson-version>2.19.2</jackson-version>
-        <jackson-databind>2.19.2</jackson-databind>
+        <jackson-databind>2.21.5</jackson-databind>
         <jackson-databind-nullable-version>0.2.10</jackson-databind-nullable-version>
         <jakarta-annotation-version>1.3.5</jakarta-annotation-version>
         <junit-version>5.10.3</junit-version>