diff --git a/projects/alexa-integration/sample-custom-skill-as-web-service/alexa-skills-kit-java/samples/pom.xml b/projects/alexa-integration/sample-custom-skill-as-web-service/alexa-skills-kit-java/samples/pom.xml
index 62fd4d9..64cf2c9 100644
--- a/projects/alexa-integration/sample-custom-skill-as-web-service/alexa-skills-kit-java/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/projects/alexa-integration/sample-custom-skill-as-web-service/alexa-skills-kit-java/samples/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
       <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
+      <version>1.5.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xpp3</groupId>