diff --git a/json/pom.xml b/json/pom.xml
index e19c8f024..4bba03765 100644
--- a/json/pom.xml
+++ b/json/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jdk8</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
@@ -64,6 +76,10 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-module-guice</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-module-parameter-names</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.threeten</groupId>
diff --git a/json/src/main/kotlin/com/trib3/json/ObjectMapperProvider.kt b/json/src/main/kotlin/com/trib3/json/ObjectMapperProvider.kt
index e57fe48e4..745bc08c3 100644
--- a/json/src/main/kotlin/com/trib3/json/ObjectMapperProvider.kt
+++ b/json/src/main/kotlin/com/trib3/json/ObjectMapperProvider.kt
@@ -6,12 +6,20 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotationIntrospectorPair
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jdk8.Jdk8Module
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.joda.JodaModule
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.guice.GuiceAnnotationIntrospector
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.guice.GuiceInjectableValues
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.registerKotlinModule
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.paramnames.ParameterNamesModule
 import com.google.inject.Injector
 import com.trib3.json.ObjectMapperProvider.Companion.OBJECT_MAPPER_MIXINS
 import com.trib3.json.jackson.ThreeTenExtraModule
+import io.dropwizard.jackson.AnnotationSensitivePropertyNamingStrategy
+import io.dropwizard.jackson.CaffeineModule
+import io.dropwizard.jackson.FuzzyEnumModule
+import io.dropwizard.jackson.GuavaExtrasModule
 import io.dropwizard.jackson.Jackson
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import javax.inject.Inject
@@ -45,8 +53,20 @@ class ObjectMapperProvider @Inject constructor(
     }
 
     override fun get(): ObjectMapper {
-        val mapper = Jackson.newObjectMapper()
-        mapper.disable(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES)
+        // Start with a minimal mapper, then register everything from Jackson.newObjectMapper()
+        // EXCEPT blackbird due to a race condition issue:
+        // https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-modules-base/issues/169
+        val mapper = Jackson.newMinimalObjectMapper()
+        mapper.registerModule(GuavaExtrasModule())
+        mapper.registerModule(CaffeineModule())
+        mapper.registerModule(JodaModule())
+        mapper.registerModule(FuzzyEnumModule())
+        mapper.registerModule(ParameterNamesModule())
+        mapper.registerModule(Jdk8Module())
+        mapper.registerModule(JavaTimeModule())
+        mapper.propertyNamingStrategy = AnnotationSensitivePropertyNamingStrategy()
+
+        // additional leakycauldron configuration:
         mapper.disable(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_MISSING_EXTERNAL_TYPE_ID_PROPERTY)
         mapper.disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS)
         mapper.registerKotlinModule()
diff --git a/parent-pom/pom.xml b/parent-pom/pom.xml
index e08f35c7b..1644e37e0 100644
--- a/parent-pom/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-pom/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <version.config4k>0.4.2</version.config4k>
         <version.detekt>1.20.0</version.detekt>
         <version.dokka>1.6.21</version.dokka>
-        <version.dropwizard>2.0.29</version.dropwizard>
+        <version.dropwizard>2.1.0</version.dropwizard>
         <version.dropwizard.hocon>0.5.1</version.dropwizard.hocon>
         <version.dropwizard.metrics>4.2.9</version.dropwizard.metrics>
         <version.dropwizard.metrics.cloudwatch>2.0.8</version.dropwizard.metrics.cloudwatch>
@@ -290,6 +290,10 @@
                         <groupId>org.glassfish.hk2.external</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jakarta.inject</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                     <exclusion>
                         <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
                         <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
@@ -310,6 +314,10 @@
                         <groupId>org.glassfish.hk2.external</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jakarta.inject</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -330,6 +338,10 @@
                         <groupId>org.glassfish.hk2.external</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jakarta.inject</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                     <exclusion>
                         <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
@@ -1307,6 +1319,8 @@
                                     <exclude>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core</exclude>
                                     <exclude>com.google.inject.extensions:guice-multibindings</exclude>
                                     <exclude>com.authzee.kotlinguice4:*</exclude>
+                                    <!-- still use javax.inject until guice migrates -->
+                                    <exclude>jakarta.inject:jakarta.inject-api</exclude>
                                     <!-- use jakarta apis instead of javax apis for the following: -->
                                     <exclude>javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api</exclude>
                                     <exclude>javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api</exclude>