diff --git a/knative-build/runtimes/java/WhiskSim/pom.xml b/knative-build/runtimes/java/WhiskSim/pom.xml
index a2033b8a..50fc3191 100644
--- a/knative-build/runtimes/java/WhiskSim/pom.xml
+++ b/knative-build/runtimes/java/WhiskSim/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20190722</version>
+      <version>20230227</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io -->