diff --git a/apps/optical/pom.xml b/apps/optical/pom.xml
index 86f6cc0..4e001c7 100644
--- a/apps/optical/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/optical/pom.xml
@@ -46,14 +46,6 @@
             <artifactId>org.apache.karaf.shell.console</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
@@ -63,6 +55,21 @@
             <artifactId>onos-core-serializers</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>2.6.4</version>
+        </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onosproject/optical/cfg/OpticalConfigProvider.java b/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onosproject/optical/cfg/OpticalConfigProvider.java
index dbe0b54..31dbe0e 100644
--- a/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onosproject/optical/cfg/OpticalConfigProvider.java
+++ b/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onosproject/optical/cfg/OpticalConfigProvider.java
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.optical.cfg;
 
-import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParseException;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonIgnoreProperties;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.onlab.packet.ChassisId;
 import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
 import org.onosproject.net.DefaultAnnotations;
 import org.onosproject.net.Device;
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@
 import org.onosproject.net.link.LinkProviderService;
 import org.onosproject.net.provider.AbstractProvider;
 import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
-import org.onlab.packet.ChassisId;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
diff --git a/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onosproject/optical/cfg/OpticalLinkDescription.java b/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onosproject/optical/cfg/OpticalLinkDescription.java
index 1673335..2da1679 100644
--- a/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onosproject/optical/cfg/OpticalLinkDescription.java
+++ b/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onosproject/optical/cfg/OpticalLinkDescription.java
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.optical.cfg;
 
-import java.util.Map;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import org.onlab.util.HexString;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 /**
  * Public class corresponding to JSON described data model.
  *
diff --git a/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onosproject/optical/cfg/OpticalSwitchDescription.java b/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onosproject/optical/cfg/OpticalSwitchDescription.java
index 346088f..531034a 100644
--- a/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onosproject/optical/cfg/OpticalSwitchDescription.java
+++ b/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onosproject/optical/cfg/OpticalSwitchDescription.java
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.optical.cfg;
 
-import java.util.Map;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import org.onlab.util.HexString;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 /**
  * Public class corresponding to JSON described data model.
  *
diff --git a/features/features.xml b/features/features.xml
index 75a75d6..eb3bba9 100644
--- a/features/features.xml
+++ b/features/features.xml
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@
         <bundle>mvn:commons-configuration/commons-configuration/1.10</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:commons-collections/commons-collections/3.2.1</bundle>
 
-        <!-- FIXME: we should switch to use fasterxml jackson -->
-        <bundle>mvn:org.codehaus.jackson/jackson-core-asl/1.9.13</bundle>
-        <bundle>mvn:org.codehaus.jackson/jackson-mapper-asl/1.9.13</bundle>
-
         <bundle>mvn:com.typesafe/config/1.2.1</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:org.onosproject/onlab-thirdparty/@ONOS-VERSION</bundle>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5707379..941c353 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@
         <osgi.version>4.3.1</osgi.version>
         <karaf.version>3.0.3</karaf.version>
         <jersey.version>1.19</jersey.version>
-        <fasterxml.jackson.version>2.6.4</fasterxml.jackson.version>
-        <codehaus.jackson.version>1.9.13</codehaus.jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.6.4</jackson.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.6</slf4j.version>
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
         <commons.io.version>2.4</commons.io.version>
@@ -196,17 +195,6 @@
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
-                <version>${codehaus.jackson.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-                <version>${codehaus.jackson.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
                 <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
                 <version>3.4</version>
@@ -246,13 +234,13 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-                <version>${fasterxml.jackson.version}</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-                <version>${fasterxml.jackson.version}</version>
+                <version>${jackson.version}</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>