diff --git a/vm/pom.xml b/vm/pom.xml
index b16e6404..56a28440 100644
--- a/vm/pom.xml
+++ b/vm/pom.xml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.1</version>
+            <version>2.9.10.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.typesafe</groupId>