diff --git a/test/java/spark/pom.xml b/test/java/spark/pom.xml
index d5e99995f..0b8ab30f3 100644
--- a/test/java/spark/pom.xml
+++ b/test/java/spark/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
         <scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <seaweedfs.hadoop3.client.version>4.00</seaweedfs.hadoop3.client.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.18.6</jackson.version> <!-- Upgraded from 2.15.3 -->
+        <jackson.version>2.22.0</jackson.version> <!-- Upgraded from 2.15.3 -->
+        <!-- jackson-annotations dropped the patch digit in 2.20; matches jackson.version's major.minor -->
+        <jackson.annotations.version>2.22</jackson.annotations.version>
         <netty.version>4.2.15.Final</netty.version> <!-- Upgraded to 4.1.125.Final for security fixes (CVE in netty-codec < 4.1.125.Final, netty-codec-http2 <= 4.1.123.Final) -->
         <parquet.version>1.15.2</parquet.version> <!-- Upgraded to 1.15.2 for security fix -->
         <parquet.format.version>2.12.0</parquet.format.version>
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+                <version>${jackson.annotations.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>