diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
index a0f25dc5..c0a77270 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        <version>2.10.5.1</version>
+        <version>2.12.6.1</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>