diff --git a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/archive/TileArchiveMetadata.java b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/archive/TileArchiveMetadata.java
index fc0d4eca3b..a2928ea885 100644
--- a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/archive/TileArchiveMetadata.java
+++ b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/archive/TileArchiveMetadata.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Coordinate;
 import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Envelope;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Metadata associated with a tile archive.
@@ -49,6 +47,7 @@ public record TileArchiveMetadata(
   @JsonSerialize(using = TileArchiveMetadataDeSer.MetadataJsonSerializer.class)
   @JsonDeserialize(using = TileArchiveMetadataDeSer.MetadataJsonDeserializer.class) TileArchiveMetadataJson json,
   @JsonAnyGetter
+  @JsonAnySetter
   @JsonDeserialize(using = TileArchiveMetadataDeSer.EmptyMapIfNullDeserializer.class) Map<String, String> others,
   @JsonProperty(COMPRESSION_KEY) TileCompression tileCompression
 ) {
@@ -71,8 +70,6 @@ public record TileArchiveMetadata(
 
   public static final String MVT_FORMAT = "pbf";
 
-  private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TileArchiveMetadata.class);
-
   public TileArchiveMetadata(Profile profile, PlanetilerConfig config) {
     this(profile, config, null);
   }
@@ -94,7 +91,7 @@ public TileArchiveMetadata(Profile profile, PlanetilerConfig config, List<LayerA
       config.minzoom(),
       config.maxzoom(),
       vectorLayers == null ? null : new TileArchiveMetadataJson(vectorLayers),
-      mergeMaps(mapWithBuildInfo(),profile.extraArchiveMetadata()),
+      mergeMaps(mapWithBuildInfo(), profile.extraArchiveMetadata()),
       config.tileCompression()
     );
   }
@@ -170,23 +167,12 @@ public TileArchiveMetadata withJson(TileArchiveMetadataJson json) {
       maxzoom, json, others, tileCompression);
   }
 
-  /*
-   * few workarounds to make collect unknown fields to others work,
-   * because @JsonAnySetter does not yet work on constructor/creator arguments
-   * https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/3439
-   */
-
-  private static Map<String,String> mergeMaps(Map<String,String> m1, Map<String,String> m2) {
+  private static Map<String, String> mergeMaps(Map<String, String> m1, Map<String, String> m2) {
     var result = new TreeMap<>(m1);
     result.putAll(m2);
     return result;
   }
 
-  @JsonAnySetter
-  private void putUnknownFieldsToOthers(String name, String value) {
-    others.put(name, value);
-  }
-
 
   public record TileArchiveMetadataJson(
     @JsonProperty(VECTOR_LAYERS_KEY) List<LayerAttrStats.VectorLayer> vectorLayers
diff --git a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/pmtiles/Pmtiles.java b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/pmtiles/Pmtiles.java
index c175d9747d..bfe80bfa12 100644
--- a/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/pmtiles/Pmtiles.java
+++ b/planetiler-core/src/main/java/com/onthegomap/planetiler/pmtiles/Pmtiles.java
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ public static List<Entry> directoryFromBytes(byte[] bytes) {
    */
   public record JsonMetadata(
     @JsonProperty("vector_layers") List<LayerAttrStats.VectorLayer> vectorLayers,
-    @JsonAnyGetter Map<String, String> otherMetadata
+    @JsonAnySetter @JsonAnyGetter Map<String, String> otherMetadata
   ) {
 
     @JsonCreator
@@ -371,11 +371,6 @@ public JsonMetadata(@JsonProperty("vector_layers") List<LayerAttrStats.VectorLay
       this(vectorLayers, new HashMap<>());
     }
 
-    @JsonAnySetter
-    private void setExtraMetadata(String key, String val) {
-      otherMetadata.put(key, val);
-    }
-
     public byte[] toBytes() {
 
       try {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d14afd4cf7..dc9dc98cb0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
     <maven.source.excludeResources>true</maven.source.excludeResources>
-    <jackson.version>2.17.2</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.18.0</jackson.version>
     <junit.version>5.11.1</junit.version>
     <jts.version>1.20.0</jts.version>
     <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>