diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f07da2340b9..1d6a0be5fda 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
                 <!-- json support -->
                 <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
                 <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.8</version>
+                <version>2.9.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <!-- extended lib from google (collections, io, etc) -->