diff --git a/CausalitySearch/pom.xml b/CausalitySearch/pom.xml
index dfd41c0..27641e4 100644
--- a/CausalitySearch/pom.xml
+++ b/CausalitySearch/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>