diff --git a/serverless-java-aws-examples/simple-aws-lambda/pom.xml b/serverless-java-aws-examples/simple-aws-lambda/pom.xml
index 9f050a9a..17b3e9ae 100644
--- a/serverless-java-aws-examples/simple-aws-lambda/pom.xml
+++ b/serverless-java-aws-examples/simple-aws-lambda/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <aws-lambda-java-core.version>1.2.3</aws-lambda-java-core.version>
     <aws-lambda-java-events.version>3.11.5</aws-lambda-java-events.version>
-    <jackson-databind.version>2.12.7.1</jackson-databind.version>
+    <jackson-databind.version>2.17.1</jackson-databind.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>