diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 67e541cd..2904f433 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         <groupId>com.bazaarvoice.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>bv-opensource-super-pom</artifactId>
         <version>1.4</version>
-        <relativePath />
+        <relativePath/>
         <!--an empty relativePath for the super-pom, makes maven happy -->
     </parent>
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <javax-inject.version>1</javax-inject.version>
 
         <!-- module dependencies -->
-        <jackson.version>2.13.4</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.15.0</jackson.version>
         <guice.version>4.1.0</guice.version>
         <argparse4j.version>0.4.4</argparse4j.version>