diff --git a/javaagent-core/build.gradle.kts b/javaagent-core/build.gradle.kts
index bd574bf2..7db8314a 100644
--- a/javaagent-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/javaagent-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ dependencies {
     api("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:${versions["opentelemetry"]}")
     api("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api:${versions["opentelemetry"]}")
     implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${versions["slf4j"]}")
-    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.16.0")
+    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.18.9")
 }
diff --git a/otel-extensions/build.gradle.kts b/otel-extensions/build.gradle.kts
index d4cbf973..4992d07a 100644
--- a/otel-extensions/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/otel-extensions/build.gradle.kts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ dependencies {
     api("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java")
     api("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util")
     // convert yaml to json, since java protobuf impl supports only json
-    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.16.0")
+    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:2.18.9")
     // fix vulnerability
     constraints {
         api("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.9")
diff --git a/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts
index d548cf26..ea49b5ed 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies{
     testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.25.5")
     testImplementation("org.spockframework:spock-core:1.3-groovy-2.5")
     testImplementation("info.solidsoft.spock:spock-global-unroll:0.5.1")
-    testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.16.0")
+    testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.18.9")
     testImplementation("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.5.11")
     testImplementation("io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv:${versions["opentelemetry_semconv"]}")
 }