diff --git a/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/security/WebEidAjaxLoginProcessingFilter.java b/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/security/WebEidAjaxLoginProcessingFilter.java
index 4782ee93..485dba10 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/security/WebEidAjaxLoginProcessingFilter.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/security/WebEidAjaxLoginProcessingFilter.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 
 package eu.webeid.example.security;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
 import eu.webeid.example.security.ajax.AjaxAuthenticationFailureHandler;
 import eu.webeid.example.security.ajax.AjaxAuthenticationSuccessHandler;
 import eu.webeid.example.security.dto.AuthTokenDTO;
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/security/ajax/AjaxAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java b/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/security/ajax/AjaxAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
index a5ea20d0..e8ccc08d 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/security/ajax/AjaxAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/security/ajax/AjaxAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 package eu.webeid.example.security.ajax;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectWriter;
+import tools.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectWriter;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
diff --git a/example/src/test/java/eu/webeid/example/testutil/ObjectMother.java b/example/src/test/java/eu/webeid/example/testutil/ObjectMother.java
index 288b1368..3bd0556d 100644
--- a/example/src/test/java/eu/webeid/example/testutil/ObjectMother.java
+++ b/example/src/test/java/eu/webeid/example/testutil/ObjectMother.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 
 package eu.webeid.example.testutil;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import eu.webeid.example.service.dto.SignatureAlgorithmDTO;
 import eu.webeid.security.authtoken.WebEidAuthToken;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2816da7c..31e373bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <java.version>11</java.version>
         <jjwt.version>0.12.6</jjwt.version>
         <bouncycastle.version>1.81</bouncycastle.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.19.1</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>3.1.3</jackson.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
         <junit-jupiter.version>5.13.3</junit-jupiter.version>
         <assertj.version>3.27.3</assertj.version>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
             <version>${jjwt.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
             <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/AuthTokenValidatorImpl.java b/src/main/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/AuthTokenValidatorImpl.java
index 14cf3e78..bf360e8a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/AuthTokenValidatorImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/AuthTokenValidatorImpl.java
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 
 package eu.webeid.security.validator;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
+import tools.jackson.core.JacksonException;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
 import eu.webeid.security.authtoken.WebEidAuthToken;
 import eu.webeid.security.certificate.CertificateLoader;
 import eu.webeid.security.certificate.CertificateValidator;
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ private WebEidAuthToken parseToken(String authToken) throws AuthTokenParseExcept
                 throw new AuthTokenParseException("Web eID authentication token is null");
             }
             return token;
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (JacksonException e) {
             throw new AuthTokenParseException("Error parsing Web eID authentication token", e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/eu/webeid/security/testutil/DateMocker.java b/src/test/java/eu/webeid/security/testutil/DateMocker.java
index ec49a049..f0be8c84 100644
--- a/src/test/java/eu/webeid/security/testutil/DateMocker.java
+++ b/src/test/java/eu/webeid/security/testutil/DateMocker.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 package eu.webeid.security.testutil;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.StdDateFormat;
+import tools.jackson.databind.util.StdDateFormat;
 import eu.webeid.security.util.DateAndTime;
 import io.jsonwebtoken.Clock;
 import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
diff --git a/src/test/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/AuthTokenCertificateTest.java b/src/test/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/AuthTokenCertificateTest.java
index 14ed0666..50779cd4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/AuthTokenCertificateTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/AuthTokenCertificateTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 package eu.webeid.security.validator;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException;
+import tools.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException;
 import eu.webeid.security.authtoken.WebEidAuthToken;
 import eu.webeid.security.exceptions.AuthTokenException;
 import eu.webeid.security.exceptions.AuthTokenParseException;
diff --git a/src/test/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/AuthTokenSignatureValidatorTest.java b/src/test/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/AuthTokenSignatureValidatorTest.java
index fc7edd0c..b4b84195 100644
--- a/src/test/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/AuthTokenSignatureValidatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/eu/webeid/security/validator/AuthTokenSignatureValidatorTest.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 
 package eu.webeid.security.validator;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
 import eu.webeid.security.certificate.CertificateLoader;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import eu.webeid.security.authtoken.WebEidAuthToken;