diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index 849452a7d0..843e60a93a 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+updates.pin = [
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", version = "2.16." }
+]
+
 updates.ignore = [
   { groupId = "org.scalameta", artifactId = "scalafmt-core" }
   { groupId = "org.scalameta", artifactId = "sbt-scalafmt" }