fix: resolve integration test infrastructure issues

Author: agrasth

pom.xml

@@ -74,16 +74,6 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-shared-utils</artifactId>
                 <version>3.4.2</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-                <version>2.18.2</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.18.2</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
                 <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
@@ -182,6 +172,23 @@
             <version>1.1.2</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!--Jackson - Override transitive dependencies with secure versions-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>2.18.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.18.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>2.18.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!--Apache Commons-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
@@ -291,13 +298,9 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mock-server</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockserver-netty</artifactId>
-            <version>5.15.0</version>
+            <version>5.14.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                     <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>