diff --git a/dev/Gemfile b/dev/Gemfile
index d0db36257..7f68eba05 100644
--- a/dev/Gemfile
+++ b/dev/Gemfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ gem "rake"
 gem "thor", "~> 1.4"
 gem "activesupport"
 gem "activemodel"
-gem "json", "~> 2.16.0"
+gem "json", "~> 2.18.0"
 
 # docs
 gem "jekyll", "~> 4.3"
diff --git a/dev/Gemfile.lock b/dev/Gemfile.lock
index 97b26854d..078ac87c2 100644
--- a/dev/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/dev/Gemfile.lock
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ GEM
       sass-embedded (~> 1.75)
     jekyll-watch (2.2.1)
       listen (~> 3.0)
-    json (2.16.0)
+    json (2.18.0)
     kramdown (2.5.1)
       rexml (>= 3.3.9)
     kramdown-parser-gfm (1.1.0)
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   debug (>= 1.0.0)
   jekyll (~> 4.3)
   jekyll-redirect-from (~> 0.16)
-  json (~> 2.16.0)
+  json (~> 2.18.0)
   minitest
   minitest-hooks
   minitest-silence
diff --git a/dev/shopify_product_taxonomy.gemspec b/dev/shopify_product_taxonomy.gemspec
index 3af50ed80..38f93bf52 100644
--- a/dev/shopify_product_taxonomy.gemspec
+++ b/dev/shopify_product_taxonomy.gemspec
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_dependency "activesupport", ">= 7.0"
   spec.add_dependency "activemodel", ">= 7.0"
-  spec.add_dependency "json", "~> 2.16.0"
+  spec.add_dependency "json", ">= 2.16", "< 2.19"
 end