diff --git a/jobclient/java/pom.xml b/jobclient/java/pom.xml
index be4a2c69f9..3844adc7d9 100644
--- a/jobclient/java/pom.xml
+++ b/jobclient/java/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20160810</version>
+      <version>20230227</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>