diff --git a/avro/pom.xml b/avro/pom.xml
index f6026badb..b2867da4b 100644
--- a/avro/pom.xml
+++ b/avro/pom.xml
@@ -34,16 +34,8 @@ abstractions.
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <!--  Hmmh. Need annotations for introspection... -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <!--  and databind for Avro Schema generation... -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
+    <!-- Core deps from parent -->
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
       <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
diff --git a/cbor/pom.xml b/cbor/pom.xml
index f0f93aca8..5835962d4 100644
--- a/cbor/pom.xml
+++ b/cbor/pom.xml
@@ -38,17 +38,6 @@ encoded data using Jackson abstractions (streaming API, data binding, tree model
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- annotations for testing -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/ion/pom.xml b/ion/pom.xml
index 8ea7cbf40..6fd2f00a9 100644
--- a/ion/pom.xml
+++ b/ion/pom.xml
@@ -41,20 +41,6 @@ tree model)
       <version>1.11.9</version>
     </dependency>
 
-    <!-- Extends Jackson core, databind -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
     <!-- will come from parent pom for later versions -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4061bd7a2..5f74e1f98 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,11 +57,19 @@
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <!-- all dataformats extend core so just include here -->
+    <!-- all dataformats extend core and databind, annotations; include here -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- 11-Jan-2025, joohyukkim: For JSTEP-10, migrate to JUnit5 -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/protobuf/pom.xml b/protobuf/pom.xml
index ba8063bdb..637b122e7 100644
--- a/protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ abstractions.
       <version>4.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/smile/pom.xml b/smile/pom.xml
index 235b44743..3e01598f5 100644
--- a/smile/pom.xml
+++ b/smile/pom.xml
@@ -34,18 +34,6 @@ tree model)
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- We need annotations just for testing -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>