diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40f7b7ce6..7f90ab28d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
         <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.5</version>
+        <version>2.8.9</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>