diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 188aeda..0553d3d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       <!-- Temporary override of the one from vertx-core due to CVE -->
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.21.1</version>
+      <version>2.21.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>