diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 66b438bf9a5ab..06a8b01346efd 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ dependencies {
   api 'com.avast.gradle:gradle-docker-compose-plugin:0.14.12'
   api 'org.apache.maven:maven-model:3.6.2'
   api 'com.networknt:json-schema-validator:1.0.36'
-  api 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.12.6'
+  api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${props.getProperty('jackson')}"
 
   testFixturesApi "junit:junit:${props.getProperty('junit')}"
   testFixturesApi "com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting:randomizedtesting-runner:${props.getProperty('randomizedrunner')}"
diff --git a/client/sniffer/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/client/sniffer/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index ed27d8a96bf20..0000000000000
--- a/client/sniffer/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-725e364cc71b80e60fa450bd06d75cdea7fb2d59
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/sniffer/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/client/sniffer/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d62c70d6b0f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/sniffer/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5bf206c0b5982cfcd868b3d9349dc5190db8bab5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 797bcf2b161d4..0000000000000
--- a/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-52d929d5bb21d0186fe24c09624cc3ee4bafc3b3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..48ee3bf53c630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9487231edd6b0b1f14692c9cba9e0462809215d1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index ca1bd46bc3cd3..0000000000000
--- a/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-b064cf057f23d3d35390328c5030847efeffedde
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f74842887d31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/tools/upgrade-cli/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fac216b606c1086e36acea6e572ee61572ad1670
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index ed27d8a96bf20..0000000000000
--- a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-725e364cc71b80e60fa450bd06d75cdea7fb2d59
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d62c70d6b0f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5bf206c0b5982cfcd868b3d9349dc5190db8bab5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f992f732a7f91..0000000000000
--- a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2b6f24ee5ac7cde7f5a4e574bd0af4a72ecb55f6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9fdb5a5012b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3cd2e6a538f73483c6c59c354ce2276bcdc5ba7b
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e2c3222014c2..0000000000000
--- a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4233326c74c6601fbbeea11c103c011859cc687d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a8eb043684fac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bc9b6bcf12a14382424324ee067456ee354a0dfb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eba2dad4947f..0000000000000
--- a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-89ec27e5f422b0749b1133137c1b36debbb5f3bc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e2ed10942b3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cfba448bc4e92b8656968756a9c4af1ad8e502e4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 797bcf2b161d4..0000000000000
--- a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-52d929d5bb21d0186fe24c09624cc3ee4bafc3b3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..48ee3bf53c630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9487231edd6b0b1f14692c9cba9e0462809215d1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index ca1bd46bc3cd3..0000000000000
--- a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-b064cf057f23d3d35390328c5030847efeffedde
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f74842887d31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fac216b606c1086e36acea6e572ee61572ad1670
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 797bcf2b161d4..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-52d929d5bb21d0186fe24c09624cc3ee4bafc3b3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..48ee3bf53c630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9487231edd6b0b1f14692c9cba9e0462809215d1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index ca1bd46bc3cd3..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-b064cf057f23d3d35390328c5030847efeffedde
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f74842887d31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fac216b606c1086e36acea6e572ee61572ad1670
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 797bcf2b161d4..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-52d929d5bb21d0186fe24c09624cc3ee4bafc3b3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..48ee3bf53c630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9487231edd6b0b1f14692c9cba9e0462809215d1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index ca1bd46bc3cd3..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-b064cf057f23d3d35390328c5030847efeffedde
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f74842887d31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fac216b606c1086e36acea6e572ee61572ad1670
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-dataformat-xml-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-dataformat-xml-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 6711b58ae535f..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-dataformat-xml-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4b872e5a9f7e6644c2dd8d7358ed9fad714d7c90
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-dataformat-xml-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-dataformat-xml-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..43ee9816d99e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-dataformat-xml-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fecb8514c3a89102bd619b6c624f906a6098b588
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 930cb084f54c2..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a0a9870b681a72789c5c6bdc380e45ab719c6aa3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d005cc1bd5f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0f7d0d854f24c4254885c275a09fb885ef578b48
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f10aa2634ca97..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-02b389d7206327e54ae31f709ab75a4a3f33e148
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..686d813e002c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a0bea2c6f98eb0dc24208b54a53da80ea459c156
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index ca1bd46bc3cd3..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-b064cf057f23d3d35390328c5030847efeffedde
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f74842887d31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fac216b606c1086e36acea6e572ee61572ad1670
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 797bcf2b161d4..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-52d929d5bb21d0186fe24c09624cc3ee4bafc3b3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..48ee3bf53c630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9487231edd6b0b1f14692c9cba9e0462809215d1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index ca1bd46bc3cd3..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.5.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-b064cf057f23d3d35390328c5030847efeffedde
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f74842887d31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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