diff --git a/connector/pom.xml b/connector/pom.xml
index 6701225ae..471ce3415 100644
--- a/connector/pom.xml
+++ b/connector/pom.xml
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
     <artifactId>connector</artifactId>
 
     <properties>
-        <netty.version>4.1.59.Final</netty.version>
-        <fastutil.version>8.5.2</fastutil.version>
         <adventure.version>4.7.0</adventure.version>
+        <fastutil.version>8.5.2</fastutil.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.10.2</jackson.version>
+        <netty.version>4.1.59.Final</netty.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -23,16 +24,29 @@
             <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- Jackson JSON and YAML serialization -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.2</version>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.2</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>