diff --git a/appengine/taskqueue-push/pom.xml b/appengine/taskqueue-push/pom.xml
index 47684cb7785..d28a2e90c85 100644
--- a/appengine/taskqueue-push/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine/taskqueue-push/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20160810</version>
+      <version>20230227</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>