diff --git a/activemq-karaf/src/main/resources/features-core.xml b/activemq-karaf/src/main/resources/features-core.xml
index a3e0829b0a..9fb6629ccc 100644
--- a/activemq-karaf/src/main/resources/features-core.xml
+++ b/activemq-karaf/src/main/resources/features-core.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       <bundle dependency="true">mvn:org.apache.activemq/activeio-core/${activeio-version}</bundle>
       <bundle dependency="true">mvn:org.codehaus.jettison/jettison/${jettison-version}</bundle>
       <bundle dependency="true">mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core/${jackson-version}</bundle>
-      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/${jackson-databind-version}</bundle>
+      <bundle dependency="true">mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/${jackson-version}</bundle>
       <bundle dependency="true">mvn:com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-annotations/${jackson-version}</bundle>
     </feature>
 </features>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b30700633c..ed083700f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@
     <httpclient-version>4.5.13</httpclient-version>
     <httpcore-version>4.4.14</httpcore-version>
     <insight-version>1.2.0.Beta4</insight-version>
-    <jackson-version>2.9.10</jackson-version>
-    <jackson-databind-version>2.9.10.8</jackson-databind-version>
+    <jackson-version>2.12.3</jackson-version>
     <jasypt-version>1.9.3</jasypt-version>
     <jaxb-bundle-version>2.2.11_1</jaxb-bundle-version>
     <jetty9-version>9.4.41.v20210516</jetty9-version>
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@
     <json-simple-version>1.1.1</json-simple-version>
     <junit-version>4.13.2</junit-version>
     <hamcrest-version>1.3</hamcrest-version>
-    <karaf-version>4.2.10</karaf-version>
+    <karaf-version>4.2.11</karaf-version>
     <log4j-version>1.2.17</log4j-version>
     <mockito-version>3.8.0</mockito-version>
     <owasp-dependency-check-version>5.2.4</owasp-dependency-check-version>
@@ -622,9 +621,9 @@
             <artifactId>qdox</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
-
       </dependency>
 
+      <!-- Jackson -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
@@ -638,7 +637,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson-databind-version}</version>
+        <version>${jackson-version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Used to configure the activemq logs -->