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Migration to Jackson 3Â #7531
Description
Describe the feature
Migrate all classes to Jackson 3.
Use Case
Jackson 2 is only used as transitive (OpenSearch repository-s3 -> AWS -> here) dependency and should be gone completely at some point.
Proposed Solution
No response
Other Information
Jackson3 will raise dependency from JDK8 to JDK17.
Acknowledgements
- I may be able to implement this feature request
- This feature might incur a breaking change
AWS Java SDK version used
2.54.2
JDK version used
openjdk version "25.0.4.1" 2026-08-18 LTS OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-25.0.4.1+1 (build 25.0.4.1+1-LTS) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-25.0.4.1+1 (build 25.0.4.1+1-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)
Operating System and version
MacOS 26.7.1
Activity
debora-ito commentedon Nov 9, 2026
Hi @cpuzicha thank you for raising this feature.
Questions for you - and anybody else who wants to chime in:
Any additional context and use-case information will help us prioritize the task.
As a datapoint, Jackson 2.21.x is LTS and will be supported at least until January 2028 (reference: Jackson Release 2.21).