diff --git a/samples/52.teams-messaging-extensions-search-auth-config/pom.xml b/samples/52.teams-messaging-extensions-search-auth-config/pom.xml
index f71b7b8e0..27f270028 100644
--- a/samples/52.teams-messaging-extensions-search-auth-config/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/52.teams-messaging-extensions-search-auth-config/pom.xml
@@ -89,12 +89,6 @@
         <version>4.6.1-preview8</version>
         <scope>compile</scope>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.json</groupId>
-        <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-        <version>20201115</version>
-        <scope>compile</scope>
-      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <profiles>
diff --git a/samples/52.teams-messaging-extensions-search-auth-config/src/main/java/com/microsoft/bot/sample/teamssearchauth/TeamsMessagingExtensionsSearchAuthConfigBot.java b/samples/52.teams-messaging-extensions-search-auth-config/src/main/java/com/microsoft/bot/sample/teamssearchauth/TeamsMessagingExtensionsSearchAuthConfigBot.java
index 5c83ecd2f..888e23c63 100644
--- a/samples/52.teams-messaging-extensions-search-auth-config/src/main/java/com/microsoft/bot/sample/teamssearchauth/TeamsMessagingExtensionsSearchAuthConfigBot.java
+++ b/samples/52.teams-messaging-extensions-search-auth-config/src/main/java/com/microsoft/bot/sample/teamssearchauth/TeamsMessagingExtensionsSearchAuthConfigBot.java
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 package com.microsoft.bot.sample.teamssearchauth;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import com.microsoft.bot.builder.StatePropertyAccessor;
 import com.microsoft.bot.builder.TurnContext;
 import com.microsoft.bot.builder.UserState;
@@ -18,8 +21,6 @@
 import okhttp3.Response;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-import org.json.JSONArray;
-import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -133,11 +134,14 @@ private CompletableFuture<MessagingExtensionResponse> packageExtensionQuery(
         return findPackages(search).thenApply(packages -> {
             List<MessagingExtensionAttachment> attachments = new ArrayList<>();
             for (String[] item : packages) {
+                ObjectNode data = Serialization.createObjectNode();
+                data.set("data", Serialization.objectToTree(item));
+
                 ThumbnailCard previewCard = new ThumbnailCard() {{
                     setTitle(item[0]);
                     setTap(new CardAction() {{
                         setType(ActionTypes.INVOKE);
-                        setValue(new JSONObject().put("data", item).toString());
+                        setValue(data);
                     }});
                 }};
 
@@ -348,21 +352,21 @@ private CompletableFuture<List<String[]>> findPackages(String text) {
             List<String[]> filteredItems = new ArrayList<String[]>();
             try {
                 Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
-                JSONObject obj = new JSONObject(response.body().string());
-                JSONArray dataArray = (JSONArray) obj.get("data");
+                JsonNode obj = Serialization.jsonToTree(response.body().string());
+                ArrayNode dataArray = (ArrayNode) obj.get("data");
 
-                dataArray.forEach(i -> {
-                    JSONObject item = (JSONObject) i;
+                for (int i = 0; i < dataArray.size(); i++) {
+                    JsonNode item = dataArray.get(i);
                     filteredItems.add(
-                        new String[]{
-                            item.getString("id"), item.getString("version"),
-                            item.getString("description"),
-                            item.has("projectUrl") ? item.getString("projectUrl") : "",
-                            item.has("iconUrl") ? item.getString("iconUrl") : ""
+                        new String[] {
+                            item.get("id").asText(),
+                            item.get("version").asText(),
+                            item.get("description").asText(),
+                            item.has("projectUrl") ? item.get("projectUrl").asText() : "",
+                            item.has("iconUrl") ? item.get("iconUrl").asText() : ""
                         }
                     );
-                });
-
+                }
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 LoggerFactory.getLogger(TeamsMessagingExtensionsSearchAuthConfigBot.class)
                     .error("findPackages", e);