diff --git a/desktop/java/pom.xml b/desktop/java/pom.xml
index aac8b294b1..0731acbaa1 100644
--- a/desktop/java/pom.xml
+++ b/desktop/java/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20180813</version>
+      <version>20230227</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.geotools</groupId>