diff --git a/geowebcache/rest/pom.xml b/geowebcache/rest/pom.xml
index b5b7169db..9a486c189 100644
--- a/geowebcache/rest/pom.xml
+++ b/geowebcache/rest/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20180813</version>
+      <version>20230618</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>