Github user FlorianHockmann commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/pull/904
At least they are working on it for a future release:
Ticket: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-24601
PR: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/21596
Although it sounds more as if it would only land in Spark 3:
> Users can (perhaps should) be shading Jackson but I bet most won't. This
is why it's safe for Spark 3, risky for Spark 2.4.
[Comment](https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/21596#issuecomment-402521806)
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