diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af1686d9..d5d6b497 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
-			<version>20140107</version>
+			<version>20231013</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.reactome.release</groupId>