diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1347be7a10d..8b98f610606 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.7</version>
+      <version>2.8.8</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/uk.org.lidalia/slf4j-test -->