diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/tools/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/tools/pom.xml
index 383cdfc97..bcc0cc9dc 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/tools/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.22.1</version>
+            <version>2.22.2</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>