diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7219018..9342d4c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <!-- ALPN library targeted to Java 8 update 25. -->
     <alpn.jdk8.version>8.1.2.v20141202</alpn.jdk8.version>
     <bouncycastle.version>1.50</bouncycastle.version>
-    <gson.version>2.2.3</gson.version>
+    <gson.version>2.8.9</gson.version>
     <apache.http.version>4.2.2</apache.http.version>
     <airlift.version>0.6</airlift.version>
     <guava.version>16.0</guava.version>