diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-11-3/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-11-3/pom.xml
index 22db9e62ab..0161f4dcca 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-11-3/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-11-3/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source.version>11</maven.compiler.source.version>
         <maven.compiler.target.version>11</maven.compiler.target.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.14.1</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
         <gson.version>2.10</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 b8832df357..c89ad0fad9 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-5/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-5/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <jmh.version>1.21</jmh.version>
         <commons-lang.version>2.2</commons-lang.version>
         <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.15.2</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
         <org.json.version>20230618</org.json.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-6/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-6/pom.xml
index 8c35dcee6e..fd28e9cc57 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-6/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-6/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.1</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/pom.xml
index 0558e71a35..59d14805a0 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <spring-core.version>5.3.9</spring-core.version>
         <maven-artifact.version>3.6.3</maven-artifact.version>
         <gradle-core.version>6.1.1</gradle-core.version>
-        <jackson-core.version>2.11.1</jackson-core.version>
+        <jackson-core.version>2.16.0</jackson-core.version>
         <semver4j.version>3.1.0</semver4j.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/versioncomparison/VersionComparisonUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/versioncomparison/VersionComparisonUnitTest.java
index 145e9788e4..a99778201a 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/versioncomparison/VersionComparisonUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/versioncomparison/VersionComparisonUnitTest.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class VersionComparisonUnitTest {
         assertTrue(version1_1_maven.compareTo(version1_1_gradle) < 0);
         
         Version version1_1_snapshot = new Version(1, 1, 0, "snapshot", null, null);
-        assertEquals(0, version1_1.compareTo(version1_1_snapshot));
+        assertEquals(1, version1_1.compareTo(version1_1_snapshot));
         
         assertTrue(version1_1_snapshot.isSnapshot());
     }
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-polymorphic-deserialization/pom.xml b/jackson-modules/jackson-polymorphic-deserialization/pom.xml
index 0d88c19500..cbf67e5013 100644
--- a/jackson-modules/jackson-polymorphic-deserialization/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-polymorphic-deserialization/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson-core.version}</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <jackson-core.version>2.15.2</jackson-core.version>
+        <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 3bf523bbfa..2ba3868ee2 100644
--- a/jackson-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-simple/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <jackson.version>2.15.2</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
         <java.version>17</java.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
index 0ce112b9e6..45d8e24b41 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <org.glassfish.javax.el.version>3.0.1-b11</org.glassfish.javax.el.version>
         <money-api.version>1.1</money-api.version>
         <moneta.version>1.4.2</moneta.version>
-        <jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotation>2.14.2</jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotation>
+        <jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotation>2.16.0</jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotation>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 6535b9ac4b..91dc3ee4d2 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <properties>
         <spring-data-elasticsearch.version>5.1.2</spring-data-elasticsearch.version>
         <elasticsearch.version>8.9.0</elasticsearch.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.15.2</jackson.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 32b8e8c8c8..1c685bc5e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@
         <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>2.15.2</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.16.0</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/spring-batch/pom.xml b/spring-batch/pom.xml
index 20b0ef6d1c..bca0030729 100644
--- a/spring-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <opencsv.version>5.8</opencsv.version>
         <jakarta.xml.bind-api>4.0.0</jakarta.xml.bind-api>
         <jaxb.version>4.0.2</jaxb.version>
-        <jackson-datatype.version>2.14.2</jackson-datatype.version>
+        <jackson-datatype.version>2.16.0</jackson-datatype.version>
         <http-client.version>4.5.14</http-client.version>
         <jettison.version>1.5.3</jettison.version>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.batchtesting.SpringBatchApplication</start-class>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-resilience4j/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-resilience4j/pom.xml
index 355ef8f92d..2f3af8f9d2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-resilience4j/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-resilience4j/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <properties>
         <wiremock-jre8.version>2.35.0</wiremock-jre8.version>
         <resilience4j-spring-boot2.version>2.0.2</resilience4j-spring-boot2.version>
-        <jackson-datatype-jsr310.version>2.15.2</jackson-datatype-jsr310.version>
+        <jackson-datatype-jsr310.version>2.16.0</jackson-datatype-jsr310.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-swagger-codegen/custom-validations-opeanpi-codegen/pom.xml b/spring-swagger-codegen/custom-validations-opeanpi-codegen/pom.xml
index 95d3239b96..ded02da62c 100644
--- a/spring-swagger-codegen/custom-validations-opeanpi-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-swagger-codegen/custom-validations-opeanpi-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
         <springdoc.version>1.7.0</springdoc.version>
         <openapi-generator.version>3.3.4</openapi-generator.version>
-        <jackson-databind.version>2.10.0.pr3</jackson-databind.version>
+        <jackson-databind.version>2.16.0</jackson-databind.version>
         <openapi-generator-maven-plugin.version>5.1.0</openapi-generator-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/testing-modules/mocks-2/pom.xml b/testing-modules/mocks-2/pom.xml
index 22a5198b8c..2ef1a03dff 100644
--- a/testing-modules/mocks-2/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/mocks-2/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <datafaker.version>1.6.0</datafaker.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.13.4</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
         <spring-test.version>5.3.25</spring-test.version>
     </properties>