@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 <opencensus.version>0.24.0</opencensus.version>
 <findbugs.version>3.0.2</findbugs.version>
 <errorprone.version>2.4.0</errorprone.version>
+<jackson.version>2.11.3</jackson.version>
 </properties>
 
 <dependencyManagement>
@@ -184,6 +185,13 @@
 <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
 <version>${errorprone.version}</version>
 </dependency>
+<dependency>
+<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
+<artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
+<version>${jackson.version}</version>
+<type>pom</type>
+<scope>import</scope>
+</dependency>
 
 <!-- TODO: replace with opencensus-bom when available -->
 <dependency>