diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-expression-language/pom.xml b/nifi-commons/nifi-expression-language/pom.xml
index ae42bd2e98..d73a9896b5 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-expression-language/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-expression-language/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.4</version>
+            <version>2.12.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>