diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index d301147be..f0541701a 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ updates:
     day: tuesday
   open-pull-requests-limit: 99
   rebase-strategy: disabled
+  ignore:
+    - dependency-name: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:*"
+      update-types: [ "version-update:semver-minor" ]
diff --git a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/HostConfig.java b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/HostConfig.java
index 2ad622ca6..603bc6347 100644
--- a/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/HostConfig.java
+++ b/docker-java-api/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/HostConfig.java
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ public static HostConfig newHostConfig() {
     @JsonProperty("NanoCpus")
     private Long nanoCPUs;
 
+    @JsonProperty("Annotations")
+    private Map<String, String> annotations;
+
     @JsonProperty("CapAdd")
     private Capability[] capAdd;
 
@@ -304,6 +307,11 @@ public Integer getBlkioWeight() {
         return blkioWeight;
     }
 
+    @CheckForNull
+    public Map<String, String> getAnnotations() {
+        return annotations;
+    }
+
     public Capability[] getCapAdd() {
         return capAdd;
     }
@@ -636,6 +644,11 @@ public HostConfig withBlkioWeightDevice(List<BlkioWeightDevice> blkioWeightDevic
         return this;
     }
 
+    public HostConfig withAnnotations(Map<String, String> annotations) {
+        this.annotations = annotations;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @see #capAdd
      */
diff --git a/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/pom.xml b/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/pom.xml
index 261922992..872c28e40 100644
--- a/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/pom.xml
+++ b/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
 			<artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
-			<version>5.4.4</version>
+			<version>5.5</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/docker-java-transport-jersey/pom.xml b/docker-java-transport-jersey/pom.xml
index fbef13f1e..a600c208d 100644
--- a/docker-java-transport-jersey/pom.xml
+++ b/docker-java-transport-jersey/pom.xml
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json-provider</artifactId>
-			<version>${jackson-jaxrs.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.connectors</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-apache-connector</artifactId>
diff --git a/docker-java-transport-tck/pom.xml b/docker-java-transport-tck/pom.xml
index a05ac5d9a..654ad17b8 100644
--- a/docker-java-transport-tck/pom.xml
+++ b/docker-java-transport-tck/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
-			<version>1.21.2</version>
+			<version>1.21.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/docker-java/pom.xml b/docker-java/pom.xml
index e00c974d3..f72d1d6c2 100644
--- a/docker-java/pom.xml
+++ b/docker-java/pom.xml
@@ -125,16 +125,16 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-			<!-- Force the version to 2.18.3 to ensure the compatibility with old projects -->
-			<version>2.18.3</version>
+			<!-- Force the version to 2.18.4 to ensure the compatibility with old projects -->
+			<version>2.18.4</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-			<!-- Force the version to 2.18.3 to ensure the compatibility with old projects -->
-			<version>2.18.3</version>
+			<!-- Force the version to 2.18.4 to ensure the compatibility with old projects -->
+			<version>2.18.4</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/CreateContainerCmdIT.java b/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/CreateContainerCmdIT.java
index 50623c029..d91791cbc 100644
--- a/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/CreateContainerCmdIT.java
+++ b/docker-java/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/CreateContainerCmdIT.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.InspectContainerResponse;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.ConflictException;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.DockerException;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.DockerClient;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.DefaultDockerClientConfig;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.InternalServerErrorException;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.NotFoundException;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.AuthConfig;
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@
 import static com.github.dockerjava.api.model.HostConfig.newHostConfig;
 import static com.github.dockerjava.core.RemoteApiVersion.VERSION_1_23;
 import static com.github.dockerjava.core.RemoteApiVersion.VERSION_1_24;
+import static com.github.dockerjava.core.RemoteApiVersion.VERSION_1_43;
 import static com.github.dockerjava.junit.DockerMatchers.isGreaterOrEqual;
 import static com.github.dockerjava.junit.DockerMatchers.mountedVolumes;
 import static com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerRule.DEFAULT_IMAGE;
@@ -1141,4 +1144,33 @@ public void shouldHandleANetworkAliasWithoutACustomNetworkGracefully() {
             .withCmd("sleep", "9999")
             .exec();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void createContainerWithAnnotations() throws DockerException {
+        DefaultDockerClientConfig forcedConfig = DefaultDockerClientConfig.createDefaultConfigBuilder()
+        .withApiVersion(VERSION_1_43)
+        .withRegistryUrl("https://index.docker.io/v1/")
+        .build();
+        
+        DockerClient forcedClient = CmdIT.createDockerClient(forcedConfig);
+        Map<String, String> annotations = new HashMap<>();
+        annotations.put("com.example.key1", "value1");
+        annotations.put("com.example.key2", "value2");
+
+        CreateContainerResponse container = forcedClient.createContainerCmd(DEFAULT_IMAGE)
+                .withCmd("sleep", "9999")
+                .withHostConfig(newHostConfig()
+                        .withAnnotations(annotations))
+                .exec();
+
+        LOG.info("Created container {}", container.toString());
+
+        assertThat(container.getId(), not(is(emptyString())));
+
+        InspectContainerResponse inspectContainerResponse = forcedClient.inspectContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+
+        assertThat(inspectContainerResponse.getHostConfig().getAnnotations(), equalTo(annotations));
+        assertThat(inspectContainerResponse.getHostConfig().getAnnotations().get("com.example.key1"), equalTo("value1"));
+        assertThat(inspectContainerResponse.getHostConfig().getAnnotations().get("com.example.key2"), equalTo("value2"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d0b9df2ec..6cefe8d3b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,11 +58,10 @@
 		<jdk.target>1.8</jdk.target>
 
 		<jersey.version>2.30.1</jersey.version>
-		<jackson.version>2.18.3</jackson.version>
-		<jackson-jaxrs.version>2.18.3</jackson-jaxrs.version>
+		<jackson.version>2.18.4</jackson.version>
 		<httpclient.version>4.5.12</httpclient.version><!-- 4.5.1-4.5.2 broken -->
 		<commons-compress.version>1.27.1</commons-compress.version>
-		<commons-io.version>2.18.0</commons-io.version>
+		<commons-io.version>2.19.0</commons-io.version>
 		<commons-lang3.version>3.17.0</commons-lang3.version>
 		<slf4j-api.version>1.7.30</slf4j-api.version>
 
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@
 
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
 		<logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
-		<netty.version>4.1.119.Final</netty.version>
+		<netty.version>4.2.2.Final</netty.version>
 		<hamcrest.library.version>2.2</hamcrest.library.version>
 		<hamcrest.jpa-matchers>1.8</hamcrest.jpa-matchers>
 		<lambdaj.version>2.3.3</lambdaj.version>
@@ -294,6 +293,7 @@
 					<configuration>
 						<publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
 						<excludeArtifacts>docker-java-transport-tck</excludeArtifacts>
+						<deploymentName>com.github.docker-java</deploymentName>
 					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
 			</plugins>