diff --git a/services-common/pom.xml b/services-common/pom.xml
index f22e1d012..e6f078716 100644
--- a/services-common/pom.xml
+++ b/services-common/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>edu.pitt.isg</groupId>