diff --git a/SBOLCanvasBackend/pom.xml b/SBOLCanvasBackend/pom.xml
index 864b961d..3a2bb3fe 100644
--- a/SBOLCanvasBackend/pom.xml
+++ b/SBOLCanvasBackend/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7</version>
+      <version>2.8.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>