diff --git a/extensions/schema-registry/confluent/pom.xml b/extensions/schema-registry/confluent/pom.xml
index b2d68a831dcad..25188cd3b1f7a 100644
--- a/extensions/schema-registry/confluent/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/schema-registry/confluent/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.json</groupId>
                 <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-                <version>20230227</version>
+                <version>20250517</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/pom.xml
index 1637870cc8c9f..69cd9ace6bfd8 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kafka-json-schema-apicurio2/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.json</groupId>
                 <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-                <version>20230227</version>
+                <version>20250517</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>