diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 3ca58b7bee1..8df2f0244f3 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ lucene            = 5.5.0
 # optional dependencies
 spatial4j         = 0.5
 jts               = 1.13
-jackson           = 2.6.2
+jackson           = 2.7.0
 log4j             = 1.2.17
 slf4j             = 1.6.2
 jna               = 4.1.0
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/loader/JsonSettingsLoaderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/loader/JsonSettingsLoaderTests.java
index 18591d9a592..d7f10891f28 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/loader/JsonSettingsLoaderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/loader/JsonSettingsLoaderTests.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class JsonSettingsLoaderTests extends ESTestCase {
             fail("expected exception");
         } catch (SettingsException e) {
             assertEquals(e.getCause().getClass(), ElasticsearchParseException.class);
-            assertTrue(e.toString().contains("duplicate settings key [foo] found at line number [1], column number [13], previous value [bar], current value [baz]"));
+            assertTrue(e.toString().contains("duplicate settings key [foo] found at line number [1], column number [20], previous value [bar], current value [baz]"));
         }
     }
 }