diff --git a/plugins/rest/pom.xml b/plugins/rest/pom.xml
index caa680896..f85b4962a 100644
--- a/plugins/rest/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/rest/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <jackson.version>2.6.1</jackson.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
@@ -52,14 +51,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5af929e3e..3a83b32cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -919,7 +919,18 @@
                 <groupId>net.sf.json-lib</groupId>
                 <artifactId>json-lib</artifactId>
                 <classifier>jdk15</classifier>
-                <version>2.3</version>
+                <version>2.4</version>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+                <version>2.8.2</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+                <version>2.8.2</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- CDI & Weld -->