diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a36604e..5648c163 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>io.socket</groupId>
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20090211</version>
+      <version>20180130</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -225,4 +226,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-</project>
+</project>
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