diff --git a/json-path-assert/pom.xml b/json-path-assert/pom.xml
index 05bf426d..e128d919 100644
--- a/json-path-assert/pom.xml
+++ b/json-path-assert/pom.xml
@@ -41,5 +41,10 @@
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/json-path/pom.xml b/json-path/pom.xml
index de1ef9c5..ede1decd 100644
--- a/json-path/pom.xml
+++ b/json-path/pom.xml
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
             <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java
index 84ee99c6..d01bef5a 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
  */
 package com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.json;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.InvalidJsonException;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.Mode;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index acc34ea6..ede80c1b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <junit.version>4.10</junit.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
-        <jackson.version>1.9.11</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.4.0</jackson.version>
         <json-smart.version>1.2</json-smart.version>
     </properties>
     <scm>
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
+                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
                 <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>