diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 28f4ba9c..32487183 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <groupId>com.github.yvasyliev</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-vk-bots-longpoll-api</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>1.5.2</version>
+    <version>1.5.1</version>
 
     <name>Java VK Bots Long Poll API</name>
     <description>A Java library to create VK bots using Bots Long Poll API</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/api/longpoll/bots/model/events/messages/MessageEvent.java b/src/main/java/api/longpoll/bots/model/events/messages/MessageEvent.java
index da389a81..f4ccab5c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/api/longpoll/bots/model/events/messages/MessageEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/api/longpoll/bots/model/events/messages/MessageEvent.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package api.longpoll.bots.model.events.messages;
 
 import api.longpoll.bots.model.events.EventObject;
-import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
 
 /**
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ public class MessageEvent implements EventObject {
      * Additional info.
      */
     @SerializedName("payload")
-    private JsonObject payload;
+    private String payload;
 
     /**
      * Message ID.
@@ -62,11 +61,11 @@ public void setEventId(String eventId) {
         this.eventId = eventId;
     }
 
-    public JsonObject getPayload() {
+    public String getPayload() {
         return payload;
     }
 
-    public void setPayload(JsonObject payload) {
+    public void setPayload(String payload) {
         this.payload = payload;
     }