diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 68204edb1f..24fae454e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@
     </profiles>
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
+            <!-- jackson BOM - manages all Jackson artifact versions as a compatible set -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>${jackson-bom-version}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
             <!-- swagger-core v2 -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.swagger.core.v3</groupId>
@@ -193,60 +201,50 @@
                 <artifactId>swagger-parser-v2-converter</artifactId>
                 <version>${swagger-parser-version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <!-- jackson -->
+            <!-- jackson artifacts - versions managed by jackson-bom above -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-                <version>${jackson-databind-version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-                <version>${jackson-version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-                <version>${jackson-version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-module-jaxb-annotations</artifactId>
-                <version>${jackson-version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
-                <version>${jackson-version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
-                <version>${jackson-version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-base</artifactId>
-                <version>${jackson-version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json-provider</artifactId>
-                <version>${jackson-version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-xml-provider</artifactId>
-                <version>${jackson-version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
-                <version>${jackson-version}</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
@@ -341,8 +339,7 @@
         <swagger-codegen-version>3.0.78</swagger-codegen-version>
         <swagger-parser-version>2.1.38</swagger-parser-version>
         <swagger-core-version>2.2.43</swagger-core-version>
-        <jackson-version>2.19.2</jackson-version>
-        <jackson-databind-version>2.19.2</jackson-databind-version>
+        <jackson-bom-version>2.21.2</jackson-bom-version>
         <scala-version>2.11.1</scala-version>
         <felix-version>3.3.0</felix-version>
         <commons-io-version>2.20.0</commons-io-version>