diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 869899d6ad02..e3e1d272b846 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
         <ehcache.version>3.10.8</ehcache.version>
         <errorprone.version>2.35.1</errorprone.version>
         <!-- NOTE: when updating jackson.version, also sync jackson-databind.version below -->
-        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
-        <jackson-databind.version>2.16.0</jackson-databind.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.18.1</jackson.version>
+        <jackson-databind.version>2.18.1</jackson-databind.version>
         <jakarta-annotation.version>2.1.1</jakarta-annotation.version>
         <jaxb-api.version>4.0.2</jaxb-api.version>
         <jaxb-runtime.version>4.0.5</jaxb-runtime.version>
@@ -1785,11 +1785,6 @@
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- Converge miscellaneous transitive dependencies. -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.fasterxml</groupId>
-                <artifactId>classmate</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.0</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>