diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 791dd1e9..bc9700c6 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.2</version>
+      <version>2.16.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index fc2e1a0f..c774d27c 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.1</version>
+      <version>2.16.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>