diff --git a/jOOQ-jackson-extensions/pom.xml b/jOOQ-jackson-extensions/pom.xml
index 05c181f679..02387a32bf 100644
--- a/jOOQ-jackson-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-jackson-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-jackson-extensions/src/main/java/module-info.java b/jOOQ-jackson-extensions/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 7ecc051160..d17d19f10b 100644
--- a/jOOQ-jackson-extensions/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/jOOQ-jackson-extensions/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ module org.jooq.jackson.extensions {
     requires com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;
     requires com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310;
     requires com.fasterxml.jackson.kotlin;
+    requires com.fasterxml.jackson.core;
 
     // Nullability annotations for better Kotlin interop
     requires static org.jetbrains.annotations;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c46ba7935..94040bda4e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
         <!-- [#12884] TODO: Remove explicit upgrade of protobuf-java again when https://github.com/google/error-prone/pull/2819 is released  -->
         <errorprone.version>2.11.0</errorprone.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.16.3</testcontainers.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.13.3</jackson.version>
     </properties>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -165,17 +166,22 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-                <version>2.13.3</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
-                <version>2.13.3</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.12.3</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- At the point of release 3.16, it seems not all drivers have been upgraded to 0.9.0.RELEASE yet -->