diff --git a/NOTICE.md b/NOTICE.md
index a677353a1c..19af0e4fd3 100644
--- a/NOTICE.md
+++ b/NOTICE.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Javassist Version 3.30.2-GA
 * Project: http://www.javassist.org/
 * Copyright (C) 1999- Shigeru Chiba. All Rights Reserved.
 
-Jackson JAX-RS Providers Version 2.17.2
+Jackson JAX-RS Providers Version 2.18.0
 * License: Apache License, 2.0
 * Project: https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-jaxrs-providers
 * Copyright: (c) 2009-2024 FasterXML, LLC. All rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
diff --git a/examples/NOTICE.md b/examples/NOTICE.md
index 9901b179f3..c16b4c6cfc 100644
--- a/examples/NOTICE.md
+++ b/examples/NOTICE.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Javassist Version 3.30.2-GA
 * Project: http://www.javassist.org/
 * Copyright (C) 1999- Shigeru Chiba. All Rights Reserved.
 
-Jackson JAX-RS Providers Version 2.17.2
+Jackson JAX-RS Providers Version 2.18.0
 * License: Apache License, 2.0
 * Project: https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-jaxrs-providers
 * Copyright: (c) 2009-2023 FasterXML, LLC. All rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
diff --git a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/DefaultJacksonJaxbJsonProvider.java b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/DefaultJacksonJaxbJsonProvider.java
index 955c9b7200..bea071483a 100644
--- a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/DefaultJacksonJaxbJsonProvider.java
+++ b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/DefaultJacksonJaxbJsonProvider.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.StreamReadConstraints;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.Version;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.PackageVersion;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
@@ -128,17 +130,22 @@ private void updateFactoryConstraints(JsonFactory jsonFactory) {
 
         if (maxStringLength != StreamReadConstraints.DEFAULT_MAX_STRING_LEN) {
             final StreamReadConstraints constraints = jsonFactory.streamReadConstraints();
-            jsonFactory.setStreamReadConstraints(
-                    StreamReadConstraints.builder()
-                            // our
-                            .maxStringLength(maxStringLength)
-                            // customers
-                            .maxDocumentLength(constraints.getMaxDocumentLength())
-                            .maxNameLength(constraints.getMaxNameLength())
-                            .maxNestingDepth(constraints.getMaxNestingDepth())
-                            .maxNumberLength(constraints.getMaxNumberLength())
-                            .build()
-            );
+            StreamReadConstraints.Builder builder = StreamReadConstraints.builder()
+                // our
+                .maxStringLength(maxStringLength)
+                // customers
+                .maxDocumentLength(constraints.getMaxDocumentLength())
+                .maxNameLength(constraints.getMaxNameLength())
+                .maxNestingDepth(constraints.getMaxNestingDepth())
+                .maxNumberLength(constraints.getMaxNumberLength());
+
+            if (PackageVersion.VERSION.getMinorVersion() >= 18) {
+                 builder.maxTokenCount(constraints.getMaxTokenCount());
+            } else {
+                LOGGER.warning(LocalizationMessages.ERROR_JACKSON_STREAMREADCONSTRAINTS_218("maxTokenCount"));
+            }
+
+            jsonFactory.setStreamReadConstraints(builder.build());
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/base/ProviderBase.java b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/base/ProviderBase.java
index ac6a9a5b6a..396b58951d 100644
--- a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/base/ProviderBase.java
+++ b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/base/ProviderBase.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectWriter;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.LookupCache;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.LRUMap;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory;
 
@@ -186,14 +187,12 @@ public abstract class ProviderBase<
     /**
      * Cache for resolved endpoint configurations when reading JSON data
      */
-    protected final LRUMap<AnnotationBundleKey, EP_CONFIG> _readers
-            = new LRUMap<AnnotationBundleKey, EP_CONFIG>(16, 120);
+    protected final LookupCache<AnnotationBundleKey, EP_CONFIG> _readers;
 
     /**
      * Cache for resolved endpoint configurations when writing JSON data
      */
-    protected final LRUMap<AnnotationBundleKey, EP_CONFIG> _writers
-            = new LRUMap<AnnotationBundleKey, EP_CONFIG>(16, 120);
+    protected final LookupCache<AnnotationBundleKey, EP_CONFIG> _writers;
 
     /*
     /**********************************************************
@@ -202,8 +201,9 @@ public abstract class ProviderBase<
      */
 
     protected ProviderBase(MAPPER_CONFIG mconfig) {
-        _mapperConfig = mconfig;
-        _jaxRSFeatures = JAXRS_FEATURE_DEFAULTS;
+        this(mconfig,
+                new LRUMap<>(16, 120),
+                new LRUMap<>(16, 120));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -214,8 +214,19 @@ protected ProviderBase(MAPPER_CONFIG mconfig) {
      */
     @Deprecated // just to denote it should NOT be directly called; will NOT be removed
     protected ProviderBase() {
-        _mapperConfig = null;
+        this(null);
+    }
+    /**
+     * @since 2.17
+     */
+    protected ProviderBase(MAPPER_CONFIG mconfig,
+            LookupCache<AnnotationBundleKey, EP_CONFIG> readerCache,
+            LookupCache<AnnotationBundleKey, EP_CONFIG> writerCache)
+    {
+        _mapperConfig = mconfig;
         _jaxRSFeatures = JAXRS_FEATURE_DEFAULTS;
+        _readers = readerCache;
+        _writers = writerCache;
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/json/JacksonJaxbJsonProvider.java b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/json/JacksonJaxbJsonProvider.java
index 663eae82b7..f170281ca1 100644
--- a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/json/JacksonJaxbJsonProvider.java
+++ b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/json/JacksonJaxbJsonProvider.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  */
 @Provider
 @Consumes(MediaType.WILDCARD) // NOTE: required to support "non-standard" JSON variants
-@Produces(MediaType.WILDCARD)
+@Produces({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, "text/json", MediaType.WILDCARD})
 public class JacksonJaxbJsonProvider extends JacksonJsonProvider {
     /**
      * Default annotation sets to use, if not explicitly defined during
diff --git a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/json/JacksonJsonProvider.java b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/json/JacksonJsonProvider.java
index dc5fff8510..8d602dbc82 100644
--- a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/json/JacksonJsonProvider.java
+++ b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/json/JacksonJsonProvider.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
  */
 @Provider
 @Consumes(MediaType.WILDCARD) // NOTE: required to support "non-standard" JSON variants
-@Produces(MediaType.WILDCARD)
+@Produces({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, "text/json", MediaType.WILDCARD})
 public class JacksonJsonProvider
     extends ProviderBase<JacksonJsonProvider,
             ObjectMapper,
diff --git a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/json/PackageVersion.java b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/json/PackageVersion.java
index 56b1bf6480..44c907336d 100644
--- a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/json/PackageVersion.java
+++ b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/json/PackageVersion.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  */
 public final class PackageVersion implements Versioned {
     public final static Version VERSION = VersionUtil.parseVersion(
-        "2.17.2", "com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs", "jackson-jaxrs-json-provider");
+        "2.18.0", "com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs", "jackson-jaxrs-json-provider");
 
     @Override
     public Version version() {
diff --git a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/util/package-info.java b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/util/package-info.java
index 4ec091c071..c18b433806 100644
--- a/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/util/package-info.java
+++ b/media/json-jackson/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/jackson/jaxrs/util/package-info.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /**
  * Miscellaneous helper classes used by providers.
  */
-package com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.util;
+package org.glassfish.jersey.jackson.internal.jackson.jaxrs.util;
diff --git a/media/json-jackson/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.markdown b/media/json-jackson/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.markdown
index 9440229038..d893c65b19 100644
--- a/media/json-jackson/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.markdown
+++ b/media/json-jackson/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE.markdown
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The project maintains the following source code repositories:
 
 ## Third-party Content
 
-Jackson JAX-RS Providers version 2.17.2
+Jackson JAX-RS Providers version 2.18.0
 * License: Apache License, 2.0
 * Project: https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-jaxrs-providers
 * Copyright: (c) 2009-2023 FasterXML, LLC. All rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
diff --git a/media/json-jackson/src/main/resources/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/localization.properties b/media/json-jackson/src/main/resources/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/localization.properties
index a9144fd496..1943306b44 100644
--- a/media/json-jackson/src/main/resources/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/localization.properties
+++ b/media/json-jackson/src/main/resources/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/localization.properties
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
 #
-
 error.jackson.streamreadconstraints=Error setting StreamReadConstraints: {0}. Possibly not Jackson 2.15?
+error.jackson.streamreadconstraints218=Error setting StreamReadConstraints: {0}. Possibly not Jackson 2.18?
 error.modules.not.loaded=Jackson modules could not be loaded: {0}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/media/json-jackson/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/StreamReadConstrainsTest.java b/media/json-jackson/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/StreamReadConstrainsTest.java
index 685cbb2090..60c6cbd228 100644
--- a/media/json-jackson/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/StreamReadConstrainsTest.java
+++ b/media/json-jackson/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/jackson/internal/StreamReadConstrainsTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonGetter;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.StreamReadConstraints;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.Version;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.exc.StreamConstraintsException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.PackageVersion;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializable;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module;
@@ -134,7 +136,27 @@ void testConstraintOnClient(WebTarget target, int expectedLength) {
         }
     }
 
-
+    @Test
+    void testMatchingVersion() {
+        final Version coreVersion = PackageVersion.VERSION;
+        final Version jerseyVersion = org.glassfish.jersey.jackson.internal.jackson.jaxrs.json.PackageVersion.VERSION;
+
+        StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
+        message.append("Dependency Jackson Version is ")
+                .append(coreVersion.getMajorVersion())
+                .append(".")
+                .append(coreVersion.getMinorVersion());
+        message.append("\n Repackaged Jackson Version is ")
+                .append(jerseyVersion.getMajorVersion())
+                .append(".")
+                .append(jerseyVersion.getMinorVersion());
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals(coreVersion.getMajorVersion(), jerseyVersion.getMajorVersion(), message.toString());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(coreVersion.getMinorVersion(), jerseyVersion.getMinorVersion(), message.toString());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(coreVersion.getMajorVersion(), 2,
+                "update " + DefaultJacksonJaxbJsonProvider.class.getName()
+                        + " updateFactoryConstraints method to support version " + coreVersion.getMajorVersion());
+    }
 
     @Test
     void testStreamReadConstraintsMethods() {
@@ -142,7 +164,9 @@ void testStreamReadConstraintsMethods() {
                 + " Please update the code in " + DefaultJacksonJaxbJsonProvider.class.getName()
                 + " updateFactoryConstraints method";
         Method[] method = StreamReadConstraints.Builder.class.getDeclaredMethods();
-        Assertions.assertEquals(6, method.length, message); // five setMax... + build() methods
+        // 2.17 : five setMax... + build() methods
+        // 2.18 : six setMax... + build() methods
+        Assertions.assertEquals(7, method.length, message);
     }
 
     @Path("len")
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e43d05907e..4df4fffde0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2218,7 +2218,7 @@
         <xmlunit.version>2.10.0</xmlunit.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.14</httpclient.version>
         <httpclient5.version>5.3.1</httpclient5.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.17.2</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.18.0</jackson.version>
         <jackson1.version>1.9.13</jackson1.version>
         <javassist.version>3.30.2-GA</javassist.version>
         <jersey1.version>1.19.3</jersey1.version>