diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 7089993a..06a2ac7b 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20160810</version>
+      <version>20230227</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.cloudaware</groupId>