diff --git a/sparkjava/pom.xml b/sparkjava/pom.xml
index 3055f56..357b13a 100644
--- a/sparkjava/pom.xml
+++ b/sparkjava/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.5</version>
+      <version>2.8.9</version>
     </dependency>