diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b11acf3..59f6477 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
         <curator-client.version>2.6.0</curator-client.version>
         <curator-framework.version>2.6.0</curator-framework.version>
         <curator-recipes.version>2.6.0</curator-recipes.version>
-        <gson.version>2.2.4</gson.version>
+        <gson.version>2.8.9</gson.version>
         <guava.version>11.0.2</guava.version>
         <hadoop-annotations.version>2.6.0</hadoop-annotations.version>
         <hadoop-auth.version>2.6.0</hadoop-auth.version>