diff --git a/flink-kubernetes/pom.xml b/flink-kubernetes/pom.xml
index 2e2a1d4fe51fa..6e1e3f53afc82 100644
--- a/flink-kubernetes/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ under the License.
 		<kubernetes.client.version>4.5.2</kubernetes.client.version>
 	</properties>
 
+	<!-- Set dependency version for transitive dependencies -->
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
+				<artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
+				<version>3.12.1</version>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
+
 	<dependencies>
 
 		<!-- core dependencies  -->
@@ -57,54 +68,13 @@ under the License.
 			<groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kubernetes-client</artifactId>
 			<version>${kubernetes.client.version}</version>
-			<!-- exclude for dependency convergence and use fixed version -->
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
-					<artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<version>2.9.8</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
-			<artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
-			<version>3.12.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kubernetes-server-mock</artifactId>
 			<version>${kubernetes.client.version}</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
-					<artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/flink-kubernetes/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE b/flink-kubernetes/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
index 47837c2a1a597..9502c67d3790b 100644
--- a/flink-kubernetes/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
+++ b/flink-kubernetes/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This project bundles the following dependencies under the Apache Software Licens
 
 - com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.10.1
 - com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.10.1
-- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.9.8
+- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.10.1
 - com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.9.9
 - com.github.mifmif:generex:1.0.2
 - com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.12.0