diff --git a/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 3223595e..e8d3d35b 100644
--- a/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.0</version>
+      <version>2.12.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.whitesource</groupId>