diff --git a/json-path/pom.xml b/json-path/pom.xml
index de1ef9c5..e0c4e40e 100644
--- a/json-path/pom.xml
+++ b/json-path/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
@@ -31,8 +32,8 @@
             <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/spi/MappingProviderFactory.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/MappingProviderFactory.java
index 05c4f1cb..aaa8f84d 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/MappingProviderFactory.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/MappingProviderFactory.java
@@ -21,22 +21,24 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.impl.JacksonProvider;
  */
 public abstract class MappingProviderFactory {
 
+    public static String objectMapperClassName = "com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper";
 
     public static MappingProviderFactory factory = new MappingProviderFactory() {
 
         private MappingProvider provider = null;
 
+
         @Override
         protected MappingProvider create() {
             if (this.provider == null) {
                 synchronized (MappingProviderFactory.class) {
                     try {
-                        Class.forName("org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper");
+                        Class.forName(objectMapperClassName);
 
                         provider = new JacksonProvider();
                         return provider;
                     } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-                        throw new RuntimeException("org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper not found on classpath. This is an optional dependency needed for POJO conversions.", e);
+                        throw new RuntimeException( objectMapperClassName + " not found on classpath. This is an optional dependency needed for POJO conversions.", e);
                     }
                 }
             } else {
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/impl/JacksonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/impl/JacksonProvider.java
index 2088ffb7..625f38bc 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/impl/JacksonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/impl/JacksonProvider.java
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
  */
 package com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.impl;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.CollectionType;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.InvalidJsonException;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.MappingProvider;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.Mode;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.map.type.CollectionType;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.*;
 
+
+
 /**
  * @author Kalle Stenflo
  */
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/ExpressionEvalTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/ExpressionEvalTest.java
index f7fb5d76..906321f8 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/ExpressionEvalTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/ExpressionEvalTest.java
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.filter.eval.ExpressionEvaluator;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.node.BigIntegerNode;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
@@ -12,9 +10,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.Criteria.where;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.Filter.filter;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
  * Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 396d9609..dd3b8f9b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@
         <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>1.9.11</jackson.version>-->
+        <jackson.version>2.3.0</jackson.version>
         <json-smart.version>1.2</json-smart.version>
     </properties>
     <scm>
@@ -203,8 +205,8 @@
             </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>