diff --git a/approvaltests-tests/pom.xml b/approvaltests-tests/pom.xml
index 1040917f..ac0c860c 100644
--- a/approvaltests-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/approvaltests-tests/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.3</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
diff --git a/approvaltests/pom.xml b/approvaltests/pom.xml
index 3d775bcb..bd4868af 100644
--- a/approvaltests/pom.xml
+++ b/approvaltests/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.3</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>