diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d06b80570f5cd..70cbe87778f12 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <log4j2.version>2.18.0</log4j2.version>
     <bouncycastle.version>1.69</bouncycastle.version>
     <bouncycastlefips.version>1.0.2</bouncycastlefips.version>
-    <jackson.version>2.14.2</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
     <reflections.version>0.9.11</reflections.version>
     <swagger.version>1.6.10</swagger.version>
     <puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>8.37</puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>
diff --git a/pulsar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/common/util/FieldParser.java b/pulsar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/common/util/FieldParser.java
index 40450584764a4..838f944b5d96d 100644
--- a/pulsar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/common/util/FieldParser.java
+++ b/pulsar-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/common/util/FieldParser.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.AnnotationIntrospector;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.JacksonAnnotationIntrospector;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationConfig;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.EnumResolver;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public final class FieldParser {
     private static final Map<String, Method> CONVERTERS = new HashMap<>();
     private static final Map<Class<?>, Class<?>> WRAPPER_TYPES = new HashMap<>();
 
-    private static final AnnotationIntrospector ANNOTATION_INTROSPECTOR = new JacksonAnnotationIntrospector();
+    private static final DeserializationConfig DESERIALIZATION_CONFIG = new ObjectMapper().getDeserializationConfig();
 
     static {
         // Preload converters and wrapperTypes.
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public static <T> T convert(Object from, Class<T> to) {
 
         if (to.isEnum()) {
             // Converting string to enum
-            EnumResolver r = EnumResolver.constructUsingToString((Class<Enum<?>>) to, ANNOTATION_INTROSPECTOR);
+            EnumResolver r = EnumResolver.constructUsingToString(DESERIALIZATION_CONFIG, to);
             T value = (T) r.findEnum((String) from);
             if (value == null) {
                 throw new RuntimeException("Invalid value '" + from + "' for enum " + to);