diff --git a/conga-sling-plugin/pom.xml b/conga-sling-plugin/pom.xml
index ece763a..20d3c19 100644
--- a/conga-sling-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/conga-sling-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.2</version>      
+      <version>2.18.0</version>      
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>