diff --git a/CedarJava/build.gradle b/CedarJava/build.gradle
index b47113d..66cd5b4 100644
--- a/CedarJava/build.gradle
+++ b/CedarJava/build.gradle
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
     // Do not upgrade to Jackson 3.x without addressing stack overflow issues in ValueDeserializer
     // The upgrade should be reviewed by AppSec
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.18.1'
+    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.18.2'
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8:2.18.2'
     implementation 'com.fizzed:jne:4.1.1'
     implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:33.3.1-jre'