diff --git a/.sdkmanrc b/.sdkmanrc
index 059ded62..5e5aa57e 100644
--- a/.sdkmanrc
+++ b/.sdkmanrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Enable auto-env through the sdkman_auto_env config
 # Add key=value pairs of SDKs to use below
 java=21.0.8-tem
-maven=3.9.11
+maven=3.9.14
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 62e81898..db8c7c60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,10 +92,11 @@
       <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
       <version>6.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.20.1</version>
+      <version>2.21.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Explicitly adding utilities -->
@@ -104,11 +105,6 @@
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
       <version>3.20.0</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0-rc5</version>
-    </dependency>
 
     <!-- Local Unit Testing -->
     <dependency>