diff --git a/modules/assignment/pom.xml b/modules/assignment/pom.xml
index 1ac7b7e52..73553073f 100644
--- a/modules/assignment/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/assignment/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.2</version>
+            <version>2.12.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>