diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 947924d41f1..dd250d12c73 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <parsson.version>1.1.7</parsson.version>
         <jakarta.activation-api.version>2.1.3</jakarta.activation-api.version>
         <jaxb-api.version>4.0.2</jaxb-api.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.18.1</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.18.2</jackson.version>
         <jersey.version>4.0.0-M1.payara-p1-SNAPSHOT</jersey.version>
         <jakarta.validation.version>3.1.0</jakarta.validation.version>
         <hibernate.validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate.validator.version>