diff --git a/apps/api-runtime/pom.xml b/apps/api-runtime/pom.xml
index e2e12789b0..70a30f57cc 100644
--- a/apps/api-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/api-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@
             <version>5.4.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.7.1</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/pom.xml b/apps/dashboard/pom.xml
index f6862777ab..fe60d387a3 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/dashboard/pom.xml
@@ -161,22 +161,6 @@
             <artifactId>twilio</artifactId>
             <version>8.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!--faster xml required by twilio-->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.7.1</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.0</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
diff --git a/libs/utils/pom.xml b/libs/utils/pom.xml
index 9c190d52f5..ef81986018 100644
--- a/libs/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/libs/utils/pom.xml
@@ -83,33 +83,17 @@
             <version>4.5.13</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.7.1</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>de.sstoehr</groupId>
             <artifactId>har-reader</artifactId>
             <version>2.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.2</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
             <version>5.4.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.2</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a7b52da8e..a823527581 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,22 @@
             <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>2.16.1</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.16.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>2.16.1</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>