diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d166f18..547d6ca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
             <!--Used for encoding objects as JSON strings. Used on tweets, and classifiers. See ModelState class and jsonhandling package.-->
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.4</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>