diff --git a/apm-agent-benchmarks/pom.xml b/apm-agent-benchmarks/pom.xml
index 0e34fe0235..5256be336d 100644
--- a/apm-agent-benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-agent-benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -97,22 +97,18 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>${version.jackson}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-module-afterburner</artifactId>
-            <version>${version.jackson}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-cbor</artifactId>
-            <version>${version.jackson}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-protobuf</artifactId>
-            <version>${version.jackson}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-finagle-httpclient-plugin/pom.xml b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-finagle-httpclient-plugin/pom.xml
index f5624f4124..f3b2cb45a3 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-finagle-httpclient-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-finagle-httpclient-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@
         <apm-agent-parent.base.dir>${project.basedir}/../..</apm-agent-parent.base.dir>
     </properties>
 
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <!--Finagle doesn't support jackson >=2.14.0, therefore fixating the version for the tests-->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>2.13.3</version>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+                <type>pom</type>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
     <dependencies>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -28,14 +42,6 @@
             <version>22.7.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <!--Finagle doesn't support jackson >=2.14.0, therefore fixating the version for the tests-->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.3</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>apm-httpclient-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index decfa218b1..16f199b7f6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
         <!-- -dependencies versions -->
         <version.error_prone>2.2.0</version.error_prone>
         <version.h2>1.4.196</version.h2>
-        <version.jackson>2.14.2</version.jackson>
         <version.junit>5.9.1</version.junit>
         <version.junit.vintage>4.13.2</version.junit.vintage>
         <version.okhttp>4.12.0</version.okhttp>
@@ -665,6 +664,13 @@
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
+                <version>2.17.1</version>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+                <type>pom</type>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.ivy</groupId>
                 <artifactId>ivy</artifactId>
@@ -791,7 +797,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>${version.jackson}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>