diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c80d6e890..b17a402cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
     <hierarchicalcontextrunner.version>4.12.1</hierarchicalcontextrunner.version>
-    <jackson.version>2.5.4</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.8.9</jackson.version>
     <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
     <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
@@ -196,12 +196,6 @@
       <version>${jackson.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-datatype-guava</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/ess/core/config/JacksonConfig.java b/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/ess/core/config/JacksonConfig.java
index c6402bb72..700d0fbd1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/ess/core/config/JacksonConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/nysenate/ess/core/config/JacksonConfig.java
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.JacksonXmlModule;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.guava.GuavaModule;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JSR310Module;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jaxb.JaxbAnnotationModule;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ public ObjectMapper jsonObjectMapper() {
      */
     @Bean
     public ObjectMapper xmlObjectMapper() {
-        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new XmlMapper();
+        JacksonXmlModule module = new JacksonXmlModule();
+        module.setDefaultUseWrapper(false);
+        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new XmlMapper(module);
         configureMapper(objectMapper);
         return objectMapper;
     }
@@ -42,7 +44,6 @@ private void configureMapper(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
         objectMapper.disable(SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS);
         objectMapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
         objectMapper.registerModule(new GuavaModule());
-        objectMapper.registerModule(new JSR310Module());
         objectMapper.registerModule(new JaxbAnnotationModule());
     }
 }