diff --git a/md_api/pom.xml b/md_api/pom.xml
index 0128e1730..0250745b0 100644
--- a/md_api/pom.xml
+++ b/md_api/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20160810</version>
+            <version>20230227</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>