diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0215430ab2..e4409c8972 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ allprojects {
         awsVersion = '1.11.277'
         servletVersion = '2.5'
         jerseyVersion = '1.19.1'
-        jettisonVersion = '1.4.0'
+        jettisonVersion = '1.5.4'
         apacheHttpClientVersion = '4.5.3'
         commonsConfigurationVersion = '1.10'
         jsr305Version = '3.0.2'
diff --git a/eureka-server-governator/build.gradle b/eureka-server-governator/build.gradle
index 66101bebbb..1081b8660f 100644
--- a/eureka-server-governator/build.gradle
+++ b/eureka-server-governator/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile "com.sun.jersey:jersey-servlet:${jerseyVersion}"
     compile "com.sun.jersey.contribs:jersey-guice:${jerseyVersion}"
     compile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.6.1'
-    runtimeOnly 'org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.2'
+    runtimeOnly "org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:${jettisonVersion}"
     providedCompile "javax.servlet:servlet-api:${servletVersion}"
 
     testCompile project(':eureka-test-utils')
diff --git a/eureka-server/build.gradle b/eureka-server/build.gradle
index 7cf551ee41..69a908b3b4 100644
--- a/eureka-server/build.gradle
+++ b/eureka-server/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'org.glassfish.jaxb:jaxb-runtime:2.3.3'
 
     runtimeOnly 'xerces:xercesImpl:2.12.0'
-    runtimeOnly 'org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.2'
+    runtimeOnly "org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:${jettisonVersion}"
 
     providedCompile "javax.servlet:servlet-api:$servletVersion"