diff --git a/LICENSE-binary b/LICENSE-binary
index dbe8c9ec046..f2387a5cc53 100644
--- a/LICENSE-binary
+++ b/LICENSE-binary
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ jackson-dataformat-csv-2.16.2
 jackson-datatype-jdk8-2.16.2
 jackson-jaxrs-base-2.16.2
 jackson-jaxrs-json-provider-2.16.2
-jackson-module-afterburner-2.16.2
+jackson-module-blackbird-2.16.2
 jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.16.2
 jackson-module-scala_2.13-2.16.2
 jakarta.validation-api-2.0.2
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4c67ec95119..7e20f823f2b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3439,7 +3439,7 @@ project(':connect:json') {
 
     api libs.jacksonDatabind
     api libs.jacksonJDK8Datatypes
-    api libs.jacksonAfterburner
+    api libs.jacksonBlackbird
 
     implementation libs.slf4jApi
     runtimeOnly libs.reload4j
diff --git a/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonConverter.java b/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonConverter.java
index ba4aab5f836..a7abef315c5 100644
--- a/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonConverter.java
+++ b/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonConverter.java
@@ -241,15 +241,15 @@ public class JsonConverter implements Converter, HeaderConverter, Versioned {
     /**
      * Creates a JsonConvert initializing serializer and deserializer.
      *
-     * @param enableAfterburner permits to enable/disable the registration of Jackson Afterburner module.
+     * @param enableBlackbird permits to enable/disable the registration of Jackson Blackbird module.
      * <p>
      * NOTE: This is visible only for testing
      */
-    public JsonConverter(boolean enableAfterburner) {
+    public JsonConverter(boolean enableBlackbird) {
         serializer = new JsonSerializer(
             Set.of(),
             JSON_NODE_FACTORY,
-            enableAfterburner
+            enableBlackbird
         );
 
         deserializer = new JsonDeserializer(
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public class JsonConverter implements Converter, HeaderConverter, Versioned {
                 DeserializationFeature.USE_BIG_DECIMAL_FOR_FLOATS
             ),
             JSON_NODE_FACTORY,
-            enableAfterburner
+            enableBlackbird
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonDeserializer.java b/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonDeserializer.java
index 40d4631dfb9..775768f37d3 100644
--- a/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonDeserializer.java
+++ b/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonDeserializer.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.JsonNodeFactory;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.afterburner.AfterburnerModule;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.blackbird.BlackbirdModule;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ public class JsonDeserializer implements Deserializer<JsonNode> {
     JsonDeserializer(
         final Set<DeserializationFeature> deserializationFeatures,
         final JsonNodeFactory jsonNodeFactory,
-        final boolean enableAfterburner
+        final boolean enableBlackbird
     ) {
         objectMapper.enable(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_LEADING_ZEROS_FOR_NUMBERS.mappedFeature());
         deserializationFeatures.forEach(objectMapper::enable);
         objectMapper.setNodeFactory(jsonNodeFactory);
-        if (enableAfterburner) {
-            objectMapper.registerModule(new AfterburnerModule());
+        if (enableBlackbird) {
+            objectMapper.registerModule(new BlackbirdModule());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonSerializer.java b/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonSerializer.java
index 64c44141488..e40f530469a 100644
--- a/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonSerializer.java
+++ b/connect/json/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/json/JsonSerializer.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.JsonNodeFactory;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.afterburner.AfterburnerModule;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.blackbird.BlackbirdModule;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ public class JsonSerializer implements Serializer<JsonNode> {
     JsonSerializer(
         final Set<SerializationFeature> serializationFeatures,
         final JsonNodeFactory jsonNodeFactory,
-        final boolean enableAfterburner
+        final boolean enableBlackbird
     ) {
         serializationFeatures.forEach(objectMapper::enable);
         objectMapper.setNodeFactory(jsonNodeFactory);
-        if (enableAfterburner) {
-            objectMapper.registerModule(new AfterburnerModule());
+        if (enableBlackbird) {
+            objectMapper.registerModule(new BlackbirdModule());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 27c69c90037..cde22a4050b 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ libs += [
   jacksonDataformatCsv: "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-csv:$versions.jackson",
   jacksonModuleScala: "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-scala_$versions.baseScala:$versions.jackson",
   jacksonJDK8Datatypes: "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8:$versions.jackson",
-  jacksonAfterburner: "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-afterburner:$versions.jackson",
+  jacksonBlackbird: "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-blackbird:$versions.jackson",
   jacksonJaxrsJsonProvider: "com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs:jackson-jaxrs-json-provider:$versions.jackson",
   jaxAnnotationApi: "javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:$versions.jaxAnnotation",
   jaxbApi: "javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:$versions.jaxb",
diff --git a/jmh-benchmarks/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/jmh/connect/JsonConverterBenchmark.java b/jmh-benchmarks/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/jmh/connect/JsonConverterBenchmark.java
index aa45a7e711b..35998a70ef0 100644
--- a/jmh-benchmarks/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/jmh/connect/JsonConverterBenchmark.java
+++ b/jmh-benchmarks/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/jmh/connect/JsonConverterBenchmark.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class JsonConverterBenchmark {
     private JsonConverter converter;
 
     @Param({"true", "false"})
-    private boolean afterBurnModule;
+    private boolean blackbirdModule;
 
     @State(Scope.Benchmark)
     public static class Data {
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ public class JsonConverterBenchmark {
     @Setup(Level.Trial)
     public void setup(BenchmarkParams params)  {
 
-        converter = new JsonConverter(Boolean.parseBoolean(params.getParam("afterBurnModule")));
+        converter = new JsonConverter(Boolean.parseBoolean(params.getParam("blackbirdModule")));
         converter.configure(Collections.emptyMap(), false);
     }