diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
index 6b8c56bf7..e8ab2dd54 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-api/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.json</groupId>
   		<artifactId>json</artifactId>
-  		<version>20090211</version>
+  		<version>20230227</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>