diff --git a/java-workers/pom.xml b/java-workers/pom.xml
index b5b288b..15e5aa0 100644
--- a/java-workers/pom.xml
+++ b/java-workers/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<version>2.11.0</version>
+			<version>2.12.7.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.module/jackson-modules-java8 -->
 		<!-- to support other data structures ( specifically for us, Instant) -->