diff --git a/server/openejb-common-cli/pom.xml b/server/openejb-common-cli/pom.xml
index fb8b8d3c..da1009e9 100644
--- a/server/openejb-common-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/server/openejb-common-cli/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1</version>
+      <version>2.8.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>