diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 407c9e9..4e7fc03 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ dependencies {
     runtimeOnly project(':methodatlas-discovery-cobol')
     runtimeOnly project(':methodatlas-detect-secrets') // Built-in credential detector — discovered at runtime via ServiceLoader
 
-    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.6'
+    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.7'
     implementation 'tools.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:3.1.5'
 
     // ZeroEcho-lib (Egothor) — in-house cryptographic toolkit used by the
diff --git a/methodatlas-ai/build.gradle b/methodatlas-ai/build.gradle
index ecfe73d..772fb99 100644
--- a/methodatlas-ai/build.gradle
+++ b/methodatlas-ai/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     api project(':methodatlas-api')
 
     // Jackson for JSON request / response handling against AI providers
-    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.6'
+    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.7'
 
     testImplementation(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.14.2"))
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter'
diff --git a/methodatlas-discovery-python/build.gradle b/methodatlas-discovery-python/build.gradle
index c45e362..6528d95 100644
--- a/methodatlas-discovery-python/build.gradle
+++ b/methodatlas-discovery-python/build.gradle
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
     api    project(':methodatlas-api')
     implementation project(':methodatlas-util')
-    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.6'
+    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.7'
 
     testImplementation(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.14.2"))
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter'
diff --git a/methodatlas-discovery-typescript/build.gradle b/methodatlas-discovery-typescript/build.gradle
index 66111a6..432990f 100644
--- a/methodatlas-discovery-typescript/build.gradle
+++ b/methodatlas-discovery-typescript/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
     api    project(':methodatlas-api')
     implementation project(':methodatlas-util')
-    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.6'
+    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.7'
 
     testImplementation(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.14.2"))
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter'
diff --git a/methodatlas-emit/build.gradle b/methodatlas-emit/build.gradle
index 747a1ad..6debf02 100644
--- a/methodatlas-emit/build.gradle
+++ b/methodatlas-emit/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies {
     api project(':methodatlas-ai')
 
     // Jackson for SARIF / JSON output serialisation
-    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.6'
+    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.7'
     implementation 'tools.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:3.1.5'
 
     testImplementation(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.14.2"))
diff --git a/methodatlas-gui-core/build.gradle b/methodatlas-gui-core/build.gradle
index 9a6b59f..a6742ba 100644
--- a/methodatlas-gui-core/build.gradle
+++ b/methodatlas-gui-core/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies {
     api project(':methodatlas-emit')
 
     // YAML for AuditWriter's overrides.yaml output
-    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.6'
+    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.7'
     implementation 'tools.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:3.1.5'
 
     testImplementation(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.14.2"))
diff --git a/methodatlas-gui/build.gradle b/methodatlas-gui/build.gradle
index d5b160d..742c447 100644
--- a/methodatlas-gui/build.gradle
+++ b/methodatlas-gui/build.gradle
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.fifesoft:rsyntaxtextarea:3.4.0'
 
     // Jackson — settings serialisation and YAML audit output
-    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.6'
+    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind:3.1.7'
     implementation 'tools.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:3.1.5'
 
     // Unit tests for non-UI GUI helpers (SourceWriteBackSupport et al.)