diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-11-3/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-11-3/pom.xml
index cacbc9089c..9d21958cff 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-11-3/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-11-3/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source.version>11</maven.compiler.source.version>
         <maven.compiler.target.version>11</maven.compiler.target.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
         <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-5/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-5/pom.xml
index d62263eb63..8fc5062ac0 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-5/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-5/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
     <properties>
         <jmh.version>1.21</jmh.version>
         <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
         <org.json.version>20230618</org.json.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-polymorphic-deserialization/pom.xml b/jackson-modules/jackson-polymorphic-deserialization/pom.xml
index cbf67e5013..f25268d6f8 100644
--- a/jackson-modules/jackson-polymorphic-deserialization/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-polymorphic-deserialization/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
         <reflections.version>0.9.11</reflections.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/jackson-simple/pom.xml b/jackson-simple/pom.xml
index 900c80a5e7..08395c85a4 100644
--- a/jackson-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-simple/pom.xml
@@ -30,9 +30,5 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
     </build>
-
-    <properties>
-        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
-    </properties>
-
+    
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-4/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-4/pom.xml
index acff937114..2521590f3c 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-4/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-4/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.modelmapper</groupId>
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <db.util.version>1.0.7</db.util.version>
         <hypersistence-utils.version>3.7.0</hypersistence-utils.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
         <modelmapper.version>3.2.0</modelmapper.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.16.1</commons-codec.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index b8edae68d3..1eb627ce57 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
     <properties>
         <spring-data-elasticsearch.version>5.1.2</spring-data-elasticsearch.version>
         <elasticsearch.version>8.9.0</elasticsearch.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 030b8e1843..a8e731c795 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@
         <jstl-api.version>1.2</jstl-api.version>
         <javax.servlet.jsp-api.version>2.3.3</javax.servlet.jsp-api.version>
         <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.16.1</jackson.version>
         <commons-fileupload.version>1.5</commons-fileupload.version>
         <junit-platform.version>1.9.2</junit-platform.version>
         <junit-jupiter.version>5.9.2</junit-jupiter.version>
diff --git a/testing-modules/instancio/pom.xml b/testing-modules/instancio/pom.xml
index 7687ce282d..2cc1a84748 100644
--- a/testing-modules/instancio/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/instancio/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <instancio.version>2.9.0</instancio.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.14.1</jackson.version>
         <junit-jupiter.version>5.9.2</junit-jupiter.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/testing-modules/mocks-2/pom.xml b/testing-modules/mocks-2/pom.xml
index 2ef1a03dff..9db598421e 100644
--- a/testing-modules/mocks-2/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/mocks-2/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <datafaker.version>1.6.0</datafaker.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
         <spring-test.version>5.3.25</spring-test.version>
     </properties>