diff --git a/textimager-uima-trans-nlp/pom.xml b/textimager-uima-trans-nlp/pom.xml
index 813450dc..ca584e69 100644
--- a/textimager-uima-trans-nlp/pom.xml
+++ b/textimager-uima-trans-nlp/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20211205</version>
+            <version>20230227</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.texttechnologylab</groupId>