diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d12d9a0a..9ef78851 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,8 +118,30 @@
          <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
          <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
+       <exclusion>
+         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+         <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+       </exclusion>
+       <exclusion>
+         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+         <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+       </exclusion>
+       <exclusion>
+         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+         <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+       </exclusion>
      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <version>2.9.8</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+      <version>2.9.8</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
      <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
      <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
@@ -204,7 +226,7 @@
 
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.7.0</version>
         <!-- Require the Java 8 platform. -->