diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 7a8d46179..10afcdfd1 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         <dependency> <!-- Needed for Apache Spark -->
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.4</version>
+            <version>2.9.10.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- TESTS -->
         <dependency>