diff --git a/platform-jobs/samza/merge-user-courses/pom.xml b/platform-jobs/samza/merge-user-courses/pom.xml
index e7cb6dc116..4dfe673f2a 100644
--- a/platform-jobs/samza/merge-user-courses/pom.xml
+++ b/platform-jobs/samza/merge-user-courses/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.8</version>
+            <version>2.12.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>