diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b6a448ec..40138f9d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ dependencies {
     compile group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-qldb', version: '1.12.367'
     compile group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'amazon-kinesis-client', version: '1.14.8'
 
-    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-ion', version: '2.14.1'
+    compile group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat', name: 'jackson-dataformat-ion', version: '2.16.0'
     compile group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-slf4j-impl', version: '2.19.0'
 }