diff --git a/reactome_base_sonatype/pom.xml b/reactome_base_sonatype/pom.xml
index c62e8f19..0adc3d9f 100644
--- a/reactome_base_sonatype/pom.xml
+++ b/reactome_base_sonatype/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
-			<version>20140107</version>
+			<version>20230227</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>