diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 8f07166ffa..d3133614ce 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="lib/commons-lang3-3.1.jar" sourcepath="libsrc/commons-lang3-3.1-sources.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="lib/protobuf-java-3.25.5.jar" sourcepath="libsrc/protobuf-java-3.25.5-sources.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="lib/javacc.jar"/>
-	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="lib/javax.json.jar" sourcepath="libsrc/javax.json-api-1.0-sources.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="lib/jakarta.json-1.1.6.jar" sourcepath="libsrc/jakarta.json-1.1.6-sources.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="lib/lucene-core-7.5.0.jar" sourcepath="libsrc/lucene-core-7.5.0-sources.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="lib/lucene-demo-7.5.0.jar" sourcepath="libsrc/lucene-demo-7.5.0-sources.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="lib/lucene-analyzers-common-7.5.0.jar" sourcepath="lucene-analyzers-common-7.5.0-sources.jar"/>
diff --git a/lib/README b/lib/README
index 2d8d0b1554..8d3374f2b4 100644
--- a/lib/README
+++ b/lib/README
@@ -365,16 +365,16 @@ LAST UPDATE: 2024-09-24
 LAST UPDATE BY: John Bauer
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
-javax.json.jar
-ORIGINAL JAR NAME:javax.json-1.0.4.jar
-VERSION:1.0.4
-RELEASE DATE:? (sometime in 2013, most probably March)
-SOURCE AVAILABLE:Yes
-DESCRIPTION:Json processing tool (RI, which has the API also) available with Java EE 7.
-URL:https://jsonp.java.net/ It has two jars, API and RI. This is the RI one.
-USED BY:patterns.surface
-LAST UPDATE:2014-04-07
-LAST UPDATE BY:Sonal Gupta
+jakarta.json-1.1.6.jar
+REPLACES: javax.json.jar
+VERSION: 1.1.6
+RELEASE DATE: 2019-08-20
+SOURCE AVAILABLE: Yes
+DESCRIPTION: Json processing tool (RI, which has the API also) available with Java EE 7.
+URL: https://jsonp.java.net/ It has two jars, API and RI. This is the RI one.
+USED BY: patterns.surface
+LAST UPDATE: 2024-10-08
+LAST UPDATE BY: John Bauer. Originally added by Sonal Gupta
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 lucene-analyzers-common-7.5.0.jar
diff --git a/lib/jakarta.json-1.1.6.jar b/lib/jakarta.json-1.1.6.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f33076558
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/jakarta.json-1.1.6.jar differ
diff --git a/lib/javax.json.jar b/lib/javax.json.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 09967d8158..0000000000
Binary files a/lib/javax.json.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/libsrc/jakarta.json-1.1.6-sources.jar b/libsrc/jakarta.json-1.1.6-sources.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5569a76068
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diff --git a/libsrc/javax.json-api-1.0-sources.jar b/libsrc/javax.json-api-1.0-sources.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bd203ae19..0000000000
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diff --git a/pom-java-11.xml b/pom-java-11.xml
index 18e003a177..86dec64560 100644
--- a/pom-java-11.xml
+++ b/pom-java-11.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.json</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.4</version>
+      <version>1.1.6</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom-java-17.xml b/pom-java-17.xml
index 80ae4e6360..48690c36c1 100644
--- a/pom-java-17.xml
+++ b/pom-java-17.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.json</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.4</version>
+      <version>1.1.6</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b619768563..dd7450ae3a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.json</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.4</version>
+      <version>1.1.6</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>