diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd41fff0..9ac3776f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
     <cdap.version>6.2.0</cdap.version>  
-    <gson.version>2.3</gson.version>
+    <gson.version>2.8.9</gson.version>
     <http.version>4.5.2</http.version>
     <plugin.version>2.4.0</plugin.version>
     <postgres.version>42.2.18</postgres.version>