diff --git a/gxcloudstorage-azureblob/pom.xml b/gxcloudstorage-azureblob/pom.xml
index ca586d19a..09980d77b 100644
--- a/gxcloudstorage-azureblob/pom.xml
+++ b/gxcloudstorage-azureblob/pom.xml
@@ -36,5 +36,11 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
 		</dependency>
+        <!-- overwrite azure-storage jackson-core dependency due to CVEs -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c036ff727..03837f981 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		<jersey.jakarta.version>3.0.4</jersey.jakarta.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<poi.version>5.4.1</poi.version>
-		<jackson.version>2.14.1</jackson.version>
+		<jackson.version>2.16.2</jackson.version>
 		<junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
 		<software.awssdk.version>2.35.6</software.awssdk.version>
 		<software.azure.cosmos.version>4.74.0</software.azure.cosmos.version>