diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3740bf90c..03d6b856a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:${kotlin_version}"
     compileOnly "org.opensearch:opensearch-job-scheduler-spi:${opensearch_build}"
     implementation "org.apache.commons:commons-csv:1.10.0"
-    implementation 'org.json:json:20210307'
+    implementation 'org.json:json:20231013'
 
     // Needed for integ tests
     zipArchive group: 'org.opensearch.plugin', name:'alerting', version: "${opensearch_build}"