diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index d33387859fb3..c1811a9d63a1 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20180130</version>
+            <version>20230227</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Useful for testing command-line tools -->