diff --git a/components/verification-handler/pom.xml b/components/verification-handler/pom.xml
index 996ecbc77..bfa8753df 100644
--- a/components/verification-handler/pom.xml
+++ b/components/verification-handler/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.apimgt</groupId>