diff --git a/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml b/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
index 5e269ca..068fc6f 100644
--- a/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
+++ b/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.8.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>