diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 674d97c160866..80f383e7d2a6c 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ object KubernetesIntegrationTests {
  * Overrides to work around sbt's dependency resolution being different from Maven's.
  */
 object DependencyOverrides {
-  lazy val jacksonVersion = sys.props.get("fasterxml.jackson.version").getOrElse("2.20.1")
+  lazy val jacksonVersion = sys.props.get("fasterxml.jackson.version").getOrElse("2.21.1")
   lazy val jacksonDeps = Bom.dependencies("com.fasterxml.jackson" % "jackson-bom" % jacksonVersion)
   lazy val settings = jacksonDeps ++ Seq(
     dependencyOverrides ++= {