diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 76f1eaea..536363fc 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.0</version>
+      <version>2.8.9</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json -->