diff --git a/appengine-java8/users/pom.xml b/appengine-java8/users/pom.xml
index d39ead948cc..6bd8de32895 100644
--- a/appengine-java8/users/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine-java8/users/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Copyright 2015 Google Inc.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20210307</version>
+      <version>20230227</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test Dependencies -->