diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5e7fc4f..4e64accc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # Gitlab Java API Wrapper
 
-A wrapper for the [Gitlab API](https://gitlab.org) written in Java.
\ No newline at end of file
+A wrapper for the [Gitlab API](https://gitlab.org) written in Java.
+
+fork for Jackson version 2 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8cb26275..8ff62700 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>org.gitlab</groupId>
-    <artifactId>java-gitlab-api</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <artifactId>java-gitlab-api-jacksonv2</artifactId>
+    <version>1.1.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>Gitlab Java API Wrapper</name>
     <description>A Java wrapper for the Gitlab Git Hosting Server API</description>
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@
     </licenses>
 
     <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/timols/java-gitlab-api.git</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/timols/java-gitlab-api.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>https://github.com/timols/java-gitlab-api</url>
+        <connection>scm:git:ssh://github.com/godemo/java-gitlab-api.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/godemo/java-gitlab-api.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>https://github.com/godemo/java-gitlab-api</url>
     </scm>
 
     <issueManagement>
         <system>Github</system>
-        <url>https://github.com/timols/java-gitlab-api/issues</url>
+        <url>https://github.com/godemo/java-gitlab-api/issues</url>
     </issueManagement>
 
     <properties>
@@ -48,14 +48,19 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.9</version>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.9</version>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/GitlabAPI.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/GitlabAPI.java
index f967378b..02d2f6a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/GitlabAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/GitlabAPI.java
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 package org.gitlab.api;
 
-import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationConfig;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.gitlab.api.http.GitlabHTTPRequestor;
-import org.gitlab.api.models.GitlabBranch;
-import org.gitlab.api.models.GitlabCommit;
-import org.gitlab.api.models.GitlabMergeRequest;
-import org.gitlab.api.models.GitlabNote;
-import org.gitlab.api.models.GitlabProject;
-import org.gitlab.api.models.GitlabProjectHook;
+import org.gitlab.api.models.*;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -28,7 +23,7 @@ public class GitlabAPI {
     private final String _apiToken;
     private boolean _ignoreCertificateErrors = false;
     private static final String API_NAMESPACE = "/api/v3";
-    public static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper().configure(DeserializationConfig.Feature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
+    public static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper().configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
 
     private GitlabAPI(String hostUrl, String apiToken) {
         _hostUrl = hostUrl.endsWith("/") ? hostUrl.replaceAll("/$", "") : hostUrl;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/http/GitlabHTTPRequestor.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/http/GitlabHTTPRequestor.java
index e06ba4de..9a7d7df6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/http/GitlabHTTPRequestor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/http/GitlabHTTPRequestor.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.gitlab.api.GitlabAPI;
 
+
+
 /**
  * Gitlab HTTP Requestor
  *
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabBranch.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabBranch.java
index 0fd6d878..790f978f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabBranch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabBranch.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package org.gitlab.api.models;
 
-import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 
 public class GitlabBranch {
 	public final static String URL = "/repository/branches/";
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabCommit.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabCommit.java
index 6db13cc9..521d1a0a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabCommit.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabCommit.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package org.gitlab.api.models;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
 import java.util.Date;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 
 public class GitlabCommit {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabMergeRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabMergeRequest.java
index 2b74b828..1bf9f49f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabMergeRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabMergeRequest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package org.gitlab.api.models;
 
-import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 
 public class GitlabMergeRequest {
     public static final String URL = "/merge_requests";
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabNamespace.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabNamespace.java
index 6f40a1d9..5f9531a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabNamespace.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabNamespace.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package org.gitlab.api.models;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
 import java.util.Date;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 
 public class GitlabNamespace {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabNote.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabNote.java
index 52778444..70828a4a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabNote.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabNote.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package org.gitlab.api.models;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
 import java.util.Date;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 
 public class GitlabNote {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabProject.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabProject.java
index da56dd03..14ebb458 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabProject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabProject.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package org.gitlab.api.models;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
 import java.util.Date;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 
 public class GitlabProject {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabProjectHook.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabProjectHook.java
index 7c1889a8..344efa45 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabProjectHook.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabProjectHook.java
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package org.gitlab.api.models;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
 import java.util.Date;
 
-import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 
 public class GitlabProjectHook {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabUser.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabUser.java
index 352f5578..56e77f12 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabUser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab/api/models/GitlabUser.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package org.gitlab.api.models;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
 import java.util.Date;
-import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonProperty;
 
 public class GitlabUser {
     public static String URL = "/users";