diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml
index 05f76f180..8cfaf3b62 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/pom.xml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.14.0-rc1</version>
+            <version>${jackson_version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c9bd108f8..36362dd84 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     <properties>
         <hapi_fhir_version>6.2.1</hapi_fhir_version>
         <validator_test_case_version>1.2.26-SNAPSHOT</validator_test_case_version>
+        <jackson_version>2.14.0</jackson_version>
         <junit_jupiter_version>5.9.2</junit_jupiter_version>
         <junit_platform_launcher_version>1.8.2</junit_platform_launcher_version>
         <maven_surefire_version>3.0.0-M5</maven_surefire_version>