diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98cca108..7780a3c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<spring.version>4.0.9.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
-		<jackson.version>2.4.6</jackson.version>
+		<jackson.version>2.5.4</jackson.version>
 		<jaxrs.version>1.0</jaxrs.version>
 		<minidevjson.version>2.1.1</minidevjson.version>
 		<jsonpath.version>0.9.1</jsonpath.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
index 03e53595..17730b47 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ public class Jackson2HalModule extends SimpleModule {
 		 * @see com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer#serialize(java.lang.Object, com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider)
 		 */
 		@Override
-		public void serialize(List<Link> value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException,
-				JsonGenerationException {
+		public void serialize(List<Link> value, JsonGenerator jgen, SerializerProvider provider)
+				throws IOException, JsonGenerationException {
 
 			// sort links according to their relation
 			Map<String, List<Object>> sortedLinks = new LinkedHashMap<String, List<Object>>();
@@ -200,12 +200,12 @@ public class Jackson2HalModule extends SimpleModule {
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		/*
+		/* 
 		 * (non-Javadoc)
-		 * @see com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.ContainerSerializer#isEmpty(java.lang.Object)
+		 * @see com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer#isEmpty(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider, java.lang.Object)
 		 */
 		@Override
-		public boolean isEmpty(List<Link> value) {
+		public boolean isEmpty(SerializerProvider provider, List<Link> value) {
 			return value.isEmpty();
 		}
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public class Jackson2HalModule extends SimpleModule {
 		}
 
 		@Override
-		public boolean isEmpty(Collection<?> value) {
+		public boolean isEmpty(SerializerProvider provider, Collection<?> value) {
 			return value.isEmpty();
 		}
 
@@ -424,13 +424,12 @@ public class Jackson2HalModule extends SimpleModule {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		/*
+		/* 
 		 * (non-Javadoc)
-		 * 
-		 * @see com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.ContainerSerializer#isEmpty(java.lang.Object)
+		 * @see com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer#isEmpty(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider, java.lang.Object)
 		 */
 		@Override
-		public boolean isEmpty(Object arg0) {
+		public boolean isEmpty(SerializerProvider provider, Object value) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/ResourceSupportMixin.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/ResourceSupportMixin.java
index 0e2d5475..70a19114 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/ResourceSupportMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/ResourceSupportMixin.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
@@ -31,7 +33,8 @@ abstract class ResourceSupportMixin extends ResourceSupport {
 	@Override
 	@XmlElement(name = "link")
 	@JsonProperty("_links")
-	@JsonSerialize(include = JsonSerialize.Inclusion.NON_EMPTY, using = Jackson2HalModule.HalLinkListSerializer.class)
+	@JsonInclude(Include.NON_EMPTY)
+	@JsonSerialize(using = Jackson2HalModule.HalLinkListSerializer.class)
 	@JsonDeserialize(using = Jackson2HalModule.HalLinkListDeserializer.class)
 	public abstract List<Link> getLinks();
 }