diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d832dea9c7..ddea208e02 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
-			<version>20160212</version>
+			<version>20231013</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<!-- test dependencies -->