diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 866f443..70f48e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mainly to make it easier to upgrade code to Jackson, using automated conversions
     <tag>jackson-datatype-json-lib-2.2.3</tag>
   </scm>
   <properties>
-    <version.jackson>2.2.3</version.jackson>
+    <version.jackson>2.10.1</version.jackson>
     <!-- Generate PackageVersion.java into this directory. -->
     <packageVersion.dir>com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsonlib</packageVersion.dir>
     <packageVersion.package>${project.groupId}.jsonlib</packageVersion.package>