diff --git a/oak-parent/pom.xml b/oak-parent/pom.xml
index 3ef7bb97226..26665d79c5a 100644
--- a/oak-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/oak-parent/pom.xml
@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@
     <guava.version>15.0</guava.version>
     <guava.osgi.import>com.google.common.*;version="[15.0,21)"</guava.osgi.import>
     <derby.version>10.14.2.0</derby.version>
-    <jackson.version>2.10.5</jackson.version>
-    <!-- jackson-databind versions prior to 2.10.5.1 are affected by security vulnerability CVE-2020-25649.
-         When upgrading jackson, try to align them to the same version -->
-    <jackson.databind.version>2.10.5.1</jackson.databind.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.13.4</jackson.version>
     <testcontainers.version>1.17.3</testcontainers.version>
     <pax-exam.version>4.13.1</pax-exam.version>
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
@@ -672,7 +669,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.databind.version}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
diff --git a/oak-search-elastic/pom.xml b/oak-search-elastic/pom.xml
index 4d47f2b7af7..566e3f4cb07 100644
--- a/oak-search-elastic/pom.xml
+++ b/oak-search-elastic/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson.databind.version}</version>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>