diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
index bdbaa19ab..f8b575e4c 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.1</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>