diff --git a/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonConverter.java b/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonConverter.java
index 6a17ae277b..41014dcd20 100644
--- a/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonConverter.java
+++ b/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonConverter.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class JsonConverter implements Converter, HeaderConverter {
     // names specified in the field
     private static final HashMap<String, LogicalTypeConverter> LOGICAL_CONVERTERS = new HashMap<>();
 
-    private static final JsonNodeFactory JSON_NODE_FACTORY = JsonNodeFactory.withExactBigDecimals(true);
+    private static final JsonNodeFactory JSON_NODE_FACTORY = new JsonNodeFactory(true);
 
     static {
         LOGICAL_CONVERTERS.put(Decimal.LOGICAL_NAME, new LogicalTypeConverter() {
diff --git a/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonDeserializer.java b/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonDeserializer.java
index 2e6e821b2d..2dd281a08d 100644
--- a/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonDeserializer.java
+++ b/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonDeserializer.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class JsonDeserializer implements Deserializer<JsonNode> {
      * Default constructor needed by Kafka
      */
     public JsonDeserializer() {
-        this(Collections.emptySet(), JsonNodeFactory.withExactBigDecimals(true));
+        this(Collections.emptySet(), new JsonNodeFactory(true));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonSerializer.java b/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonSerializer.java
index 0f2b62bd0a..9591d5edb5 100644
--- a/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonSerializer.java
+++ b/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonSerializer.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class JsonSerializer implements Serializer<JsonNode> {
      * Default constructor needed by Kafka
      */
     public JsonSerializer() {
-        this(Collections.emptySet(), JsonNodeFactory.withExactBigDecimals(true));
+        this(Collections.emptySet(), new JsonNodeFactory(true));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/connect/json/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonConverterTest.java b/connect/json/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonConverterTest.java
index 4e4c53b9d9..37ed853f66 100644
--- a/connect/json/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonConverterTest.java
+++ b/connect/json/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonConverterTest.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class JsonConverterTest {
 
     private final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper()
         .enable(DeserializationFeature.USE_BIG_DECIMAL_FOR_FLOATS)
-        .setNodeFactory(JsonNodeFactory.withExactBigDecimals(true));
+        .setNodeFactory(new JsonNodeFactory(true));
 
     private final JsonConverter converter = new JsonConverter();
 
diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 7a9286277b..3483d4e2bb 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ versions += [
   grgit: "4.1.1",
   httpclient: "4.5.13",
   easymock: "4.3",
-  jackson: "2.13.4",
-  jacksonDatabind: "2.13.4.2",
+  jackson: "2.16.0",
+  jacksonDatabind: "2.16.0",
   jacoco: "0.8.7",
   javassist: "3.27.0-GA",
   jetty: "9.4.48.v20220622",
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ versions += [
   zookeeper: "3.6.3",
   zstd: "1.5.2-1",
   commonLang: "3.12.0",
-  s3stream: "0.5.5-SNAPSHOT",
+  s3stream: "0.5.6-SNAPSHOT",
 ]
 libs += [
   activation: "javax.activation:activation:$versions.activation",