diff --git a/commons-jcs4-core/pom.xml b/commons-jcs4-core/pom.xml
index 24c4a0727..0e2b4d065 100644
--- a/commons-jcs4-core/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-jcs4-core/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.21.1</version>
+      <version>2.21.2</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>