diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74d52f5..b86b872 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.8.9</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- logging framework -->