diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 2b452f6d889e4..98f53fb7936db 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -378,7 +378,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6.1</version>
+          <!--
+            This appears to report a false positive with versions
+            greater than 3.1.2 (tested up to 3.6.0) when compiling
+            arrow-tools about Jackson being only used for tests.
+          -->
+          <version>3.1.2</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
diff --git a/java/tools/pom.xml b/java/tools/pom.xml
index 2ebabe74e6b0a..4b43c513efd36 100644
--- a/java/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/java/tools/pom.xml
@@ -53,12 +53,10 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
           <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
           <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-          <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>