diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7fd781da..96b0ad2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20190722</version>
+      <version>20230227</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- JSON serialization and metadata transforms -->