diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d97d945..ebf5dbc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <jackson.minimum.version>2.9.7</jackson.minimum.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.14.1</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.18.2</jackson.version>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.8.2</junit.jupiter.version>
         <junit.platform.version>1.3.2</junit.platform.version>
     </properties>
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@
             <version>2.9.4</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Override transitive commons-io to fix CVE (Resource Exhaustion) -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>2.17.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+
 
         <!-- Testing dependencies -->
         <dependency>