diff --git a/bookshelf/optional-kubernetes-engine/pom.xml b/bookshelf/optional-kubernetes-engine/pom.xml
index 44de3252c..6cead44ef 100644
--- a/bookshelf/optional-kubernetes-engine/pom.xml
+++ b/bookshelf/optional-kubernetes-engine/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
     <dependency>                        <!-- https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind -->
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.7</version>
+      <version>2.12.6.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>                        <!-- Google Core Libraries for Java -->