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..88df6889c92 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 @@
com.fasterxml.jackson.core
jackson-databind
- 2.8.5
+ 2.12.7.1
com.fasterxml.jackson.core