diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 23f95c3a10..ca791571d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.22.4</version>
+            <version>2.23.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/scripts/fetchZAPResults.sh b/scripts/fetchZAPResults.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..060baed156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/fetchZAPResults.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Downloads a ZAP XML report from a URL and saves it to the results/ directory.
+# After downloading, run createScorecards.sh to generate the scorecard.
+#
+# Usage: scripts/fetchZAPResults.sh <ZAP_REPORT_URL> [OUTPUT_FILENAME] [API_KEY]
+#
+# Examples:
+#   scripts/fetchZAPResults.sh http://172.17.0.3:8090/OTHER/core/other/xmlreport/
+#   scripts/fetchZAPResults.sh http://zap:8090/OTHER/core/other/xmlreport/ my-zap-results.xml
+#   scripts/fetchZAPResults.sh http://zap:8090/OTHER/core/other/xmlreport/ "" my-secret-api-key
+
+source scripts/requireCommand.sh
+
+requireCommand curl
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <ZAP_REPORT_URL> [OUTPUT_FILENAME] [API_KEY]" >&2
+    echo "" >&2
+    echo "Downloads a ZAP XML report from the given URL and saves it to results/." >&2
+    echo "After downloading, run createScorecards.sh to generate the scorecard." >&2
+    echo "" >&2
+    echo "Arguments:" >&2
+    echo "  ZAP_REPORT_URL   URL to the ZAP XML report endpoint" >&2
+    echo "  OUTPUT_FILENAME   Optional custom filename (saved under results/)" >&2
+    echo "  API_KEY           Optional ZAP API key (passed via header, not in URL)" >&2
+    echo "" >&2
+    echo "Examples:" >&2
+    echo "  $0 http://172.17.0.3:8090/OTHER/core/other/xmlreport/" >&2
+    echo "  $0 http://zap:8090/OTHER/core/other/xmlreport/ my-zap-results.xml" >&2
+    echo "  $0 http://zap:8090/OTHER/core/other/xmlreport/ \"\" my-secret-api-key" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+zap_url="$1"
+
+if [ -n "${2:-}" ]; then
+    filename="$2"
+else
+    benchmark_version=$(scripts/getBenchmarkVersion.sh)
+    if [ -z "${benchmark_version}" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Could not determine Benchmark version from pom.xml." >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    date_stamp=$(date +%Y%m%d)
+    filename="Benchmark_${benchmark_version}-ZAP-${date_stamp}.xml"
+fi
+
+api_key="${3:-}"
+
+mkdir -p results/
+output="results/${filename}"
+
+curl_args=(-sS -o "${output}" -w '%{http_code}' --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 120)
+if [ -n "${api_key}" ]; then
+    curl_args+=(-H "X-ZAP-API-Key: ${api_key}")
+fi
+
+echo "Downloading ZAP report from: ${zap_url}"
+http_code=$(curl "${curl_args[@]}" "${zap_url}")
+
+if [ "${http_code}" -ne 200 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Download failed with HTTP status ${http_code}" >&2
+    rm -f "${output}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! head -2 "${output}" | grep -q "OWASPZAPReport"; then
+    echo "ERROR: Downloaded file does not appear to be a ZAP XML report." >&2
+    echo "First 3 lines of downloaded content:" >&2
+    head -3 "${output}" >&2
+    rm -f "${output}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "ZAP report saved to: ${output}"
+echo "To generate the scorecard, run: ./createScorecards.sh"