diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
index 18abef8a2b8..cd42f8479cd 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.5</version>
+            <version>2.13.4.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>