diff --git a/textimager-uima-io/pom.xml b/textimager-uima-io/pom.xml
index 8967f6bd..8355530f 100644
--- a/textimager-uima-io/pom.xml
+++ b/textimager-uima-io/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
-			<version>20180813</version>
+			<version>20230227</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>