diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ebfb3142aad..1148019caec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <version.kafka.scala>2.12</version.kafka.scala>
         <version.curator>4.2.0</version.curator>
         <version.zookeeper>3.5.7</version.zookeeper>
-        <version.jackson>2.10.0</version.jackson>
+        <version.jackson>2.18.8</version.jackson>
         <version.org.slf4j>1.7.28</version.org.slf4j>
         <version.log4j>1.2.17</version.log4j>
         <!-- check new release version at https://github.com/confluentinc/schema-registry/releases -->
@@ -143,13 +143,13 @@
         <format.imports.goal>sort</format.imports.goal>
 
         <!-- No debug options by default -->
-        <debug.argline />
+        <debug.argline/>
 
         <!-- No modules options by default -->
-        <modules.argline />
+        <modules.argline/>
 
         <!-- No test options by default -->
-        <test.argline />
+        <test.argline/>
 
         <!-- Assembly configuration -->
         <assembly.descriptor>connector-distribution</assembly.descriptor>