diff --git a/assertion-service/pom.xml b/assertion-service/pom.xml
index 98149474f..aa85615b8 100644
--- a/assertion-service/pom.xml
+++ b/assertion-service/pom.xml
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20190722</version>
+            <version>20230227</version>
         </dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-validator/commons-validator -->
 		<dependency>