diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index a8c7a4c..130ea37 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
   BUG FIXES
   HCAT-554 Loading data using HCatLoader() from a table on non default namenode fails. (amalakar via avandana)
 
+  HCAT-629 First request always fails for webhcat (kamrul via gates)
+
 Release 0.5.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da53801..12433d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <hbase.version>0.94.5</hbase.version>
       <hcatalog.version>${project.version}</hcatalog.version>
       <hive.version>0.11.0-SNAPSHOT</hive.version>
-      <jackson.version>1.8.3</jackson.version>
+      <jackson.version>1.9.2</jackson.version>
       <jersey.version>1.14</jersey.version>
       <jetty.webhcat.version>7.6.0.v20120127</jetty.webhcat.version>
       <jms.version>1.1</jms.version>