diff --git a/.changes/next-release/bugfix-core-2a95227.json b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-core-2a95227.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..74c33c8a9e4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-core-2a95227.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "category": "core", 
+    "type": "bugfix", 
+    "description": "jackson 2.9.8 -> 2.9.9"
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2100ac3c5cf2..0f9ba9d0f043 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     </scm>
     <properties>
         <awsjavasdk.version>${project.version}</awsjavasdk.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.9.8</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.9.9</jackson.version>
         <jackson.annotations.version>2.9.0</jackson.annotations.version>
         <eventstream.version>1.0.1</eventstream.version>
         <ion.java.version>1.2.0</ion.java.version>