diff --git a/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml b/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
index 5e269ca..4d9e2f8 100644
--- a/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
+++ b/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20141113</version>
+      <version>20180130</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>