diff --git a/EFTGCA-VertxBackend/pom.xml b/EFTGCA-VertxBackend/pom.xml
index 9fcc78e..893d6ce 100644
--- a/EFTGCA-VertxBackend/pom.xml
+++ b/EFTGCA-VertxBackend/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20230227</version>
+      <version>20231013</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>