diff --git a/namecoin/pom.xml b/namecoin/pom.xml
index 2f900045..d0431f17 100644
--- a/namecoin/pom.xml
+++ b/namecoin/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.5</version>
+            <version>2.9.8</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.fusesource.leveldbjni</groupId>