diff --git a/worker/pom.xml b/worker/pom.xml
index 64d8a31f28..36efaee7b5 100644
--- a/worker/pom.xml
+++ b/worker/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20140107</version>
+      <version>20230227</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency> 
       <groupId>com.ibm.db2.jcc</groupId>