Camunda7 JacksonJsonDataFormat in SPIN plugin to support Jackson3

[firstpostcommenter]

Hi,

I use Camunda7 JacksonJsonDataFormat to configure Jackson.

Currently the code uses Jackson2 so it configures object mapper and sets it in dataFormat’s object mapper.

Now we want to move to Jackson3 but I do not see a JsonMapper in the JacksonJsonDataFormat class. How to use Jackson3 with Camunda7?

[firstpostcommenter]

Jackson3 compatibility for Camunda Spin and camunda-spin-dataformat-json-jackson

My company is using the Enterprise Edition of Camunda 7 (7.24.x-ee) including the spin plugin to Serialize/Deserialize Object Variables into JSON Strings. While updating to Springboot 4 we noticed that Camunda Spin and specifically the camunda-spin-dataformat-json-jackson still rely on the Jackson2 implementation rather than the new Jackson3 standard. Since we are frequently using generated Immutables rather than POJOs and rely on Jackson Annotations this is a major issue for us. Is Anyone aware…

Lets hope someone atleast replies from Camunda platform team

[GotnOGuts]

Camunda 7 is no longer supported under a community license by Camunda.
If you are needing work done for Camunda 7 (eg. supporting Jackson3), you would need to put a support ticket in, or work out how to do it yourself.

I’m not a programmer, and don’t have access to a C7 system, so I can’t help you do it yourself.

[firstpostcommenter]

Hi, The question is about enterprise license version of Camunda7 (as shown in question with the “-ee” dependency version). Does Camunda7 support Jackson3?

[GotnOGuts]

As I replied in the other thread, if you have EE, you have a support agreement. Log a support ticket.

[firstpostcommenter]

There could be many enterprise customers in this Camunda forum and hence the question.

Does Camunda7 enterprise edition currently (as of September 2026) supports Jackson3 or not. That’s the question. If Camunda team or the consumers confirm that it does not then maybe I can check into raising a feature request or something

[GotnOGuts]

Again, if you want support (ie. for Camunda Staff to tell you if it supports Jackson3), then submit a support request.
This site is not an official support channel.

[GotnOGuts]

From Camunda 7 Enterprise End of Life (EoL) Extension Announcement | Camunda

No new feature requests will be accepted for Camunda 7.

However, they also indicate that there will be environmental updates. That might include Jackson3, but there’s no promises of that.

Two Environment Update Releases, including security patches and bug fixes, will occur 2 times per year in April and October until April 2030. Support is also included as part of your subscription fees until April 2030.

Here’s what’s in Oct 2026 release:
Support Announcements | docs.camunda.org

[firstpostcommenter]

So to answer the original question:

Camunda7 currently does not support jackson3. So the teams using it are probably using jackson2 or are using jackson3 for app and jackson2 for Camunda (a common POJO class will then need both Jackson2 and Jackson3 annotations)