diff --git a/third_party/protobuf/3.6.1/java/util/pom.xml b/third_party/protobuf/3.6.1/java/util/pom.xml
index f175cf152204c9..0d2ba2b494197c 100644
--- a/third_party/protobuf/3.6.1/java/util/pom.xml
+++ b/third_party/protobuf/3.6.1/java/util/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7</version>
+      <version>2.8.8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@
 
                 <!-- Generate additional test protos for this module -->
                 <exec executable="${protoc}">
-                  <arg value="--java_out=${generated.testsources.dir}" />
-                  <arg value="--proto_path=${protobuf.source.dir}" />
-                  <arg value="--proto_path=src/test/proto" />
-                  <arg value="src/test/proto/com/google/protobuf/util/json_test.proto" />
+                  <arg value="--java_out=${generated.testsources.dir}"/>
+                  <arg value="--proto_path=${protobuf.source.dir}"/>
+                  <arg value="--proto_path=src/test/proto"/>
+                  <arg value="src/test/proto/com/google/protobuf/util/json_test.proto"/>
                 </exec>
               </target>
             </configuration>