diff --git a/HeronBenchmarks/pom.xml b/HeronBenchmarks/pom.xml
index a3fbf65..8c7130d 100644
--- a/HeronBenchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/HeronBenchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.2</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>