diff --git a/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml b/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml
index 128ce4149..0931cbaac 100644
--- a/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
-			<version>20231013</version>
+			<version>20240205</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Test dependencies -->
 		<dependency>