diff --git a/nlpLeaderboard/pom.xml b/nlpLeaderboard/pom.xml
index 07dfe42..297e6b2 100644
--- a/nlpLeaderboard/pom.xml
+++ b/nlpLeaderboard/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.5</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
         </dependency>    
         
         <dependency>