diff --git a/java/common/pom.xml b/java/common/pom.xml
index 6b041d444c..6b580880f1 100644
--- a/java/common/pom.xml
+++ b/java/common/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.1</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Logging -->
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index c11e7f7df2..681f770400 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
         <swagger.core.version>1.5.24</swagger.core.version>
         <okhttp.version>3.14.7</okhttp.version>
         <commons.lang3.version>3.10</commons.lang3.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.12.6</jackson.version>
         <javax.xml.bind.version>2.3.1</javax.xml.bind.version>
         <javax.annotation.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation.version>
         <javax.validation.version>2.0.1.Final</javax.validation.version>
diff --git a/java/serving/pom.xml b/java/serving/pom.xml
index 8c81dfa7e7..47a636d7d5 100644
--- a/java/serving/pom.xml
+++ b/java/serving/pom.xml
@@ -301,13 +301,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.0</version>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>2.12.2</version>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>