diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ffa25ca..44cfa75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<version.jersey>2.22.4</version.jersey>
-		<version.jackson>2.6.0</version.jackson>
+		<version.jackson>2.8.11</version.jackson>
 		<distroDirectory>${project.basedir}/distro</distroDirectory>
 		<webappDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}</webappDirectory>
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
@@ -114,32 +114,26 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${version.jersey}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-media-json-jackson</artifactId>
-			<version>${version.jersey}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-media-json-processing</artifactId>
-			<version>${version.jersey}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-media-multipart</artifactId>
-			<version>${version.jersey}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-media-sse</artifactId>
-			<version>${version.jersey}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.ext</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-bean-validation</artifactId>
-			<version>${version.jersey}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
@@ -157,21 +151,6 @@
 			<artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json-provider</artifactId>
 			<version>${version.jackson}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
 		<!-- SmartGears -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.core</groupId>
@@ -187,7 +166,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.test-framework.providers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-test-framework-provider-jetty</artifactId>
-			<version>2.23.2</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>