diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 2e707663de8ea..007bfaf6e4e21 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jts               = 1.15.0
 # you should also inspect that version to see if it can be advanced along with
 # the com.maxmind.geoip2:geoip2 dependency
 jackson           = 2.8.11
-jacksondatabind   = 2.8.11.4
+jacksondatabind   = 2.8.11.6
 snakeyaml         = 1.17
 icu4j             = 62.1
 supercsv          = 2.4.0
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/build.gradle b/modules/ingest-geoip/build.gradle
index 6b49c26c41570..2d7910210971a 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-geoip/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/ingest-geoip/build.gradle
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ dependencies {
   // Upgrade to 2.10.0 or higher when jackson-core gets upgraded to 2.9.x. Blocked by #27032
   compile('com.maxmind.geoip2:geoip2:2.9.0')
   // geoip2 dependencies:
-  compile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:${versions.jackson}")
-  compile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${versions.jacksondatabind}")
+  // do not hardcode this to the version in version.properties, it needs to be upgraded separately with geoip2
+  compile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.8.11")
+  compile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.8.11.6")
   compile('com.maxmind.db:maxmind-db:1.2.2')
 
   testCompile 'org.elasticsearch:geolite2-databases:20191119'
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.4.jar.sha1 b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 5203969bcf5c0..0000000000000
--- a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-596d6923ff4cf7ea72ded3ac32903b9c618ce9f1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.6.jar.sha1 b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f491259db56bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+35753201d0cdb1dbe998ab289bca1180b68d4368
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 5203969bcf5c0..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-596d6923ff4cf7ea72ded3ac32903b9c618ce9f1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f491259db56bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+35753201d0cdb1dbe998ab289bca1180b68d4368
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 5203969bcf5c0..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-596d6923ff4cf7ea72ded3ac32903b9c618ce9f1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f491259db56bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.8.11.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+35753201d0cdb1dbe998ab289bca1180b68d4368
\ No newline at end of file