diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4b4fb7f2d6..9a2d8d539f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.4</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Should be refactored and moved to transitive section above once on Java EE 8 (makes WAR smaller) -->