diff --git a/spark-3.1.2/pom.xml b/spark-3.1.2/pom.xml
index 436104a8..2c99e448 100644
--- a/spark-3.1.2/pom.xml
+++ b/spark-3.1.2/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
     <!-- for now, not running scalafmt as part of default verify pipeline -->
     <scalafmt.skip>true</scalafmt.skip>
     <codehaus.jackson.version>1.9.13</codehaus.jackson.version>
-    <fasterxml.jackson.version>2.10.0</fasterxml.jackson.version>
+    <fasterxml.jackson.version>2.12.7.1</fasterxml.jackson.version>
     <snappy.version>1.1.8.2</snappy.version>
     <netlib.java.version>1.1.2</netlib.java.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>