diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
index a52a4fed9d..0610fb9ce7 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.1</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a75d78f991..a3c8781f5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
                 <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6.1</version>
+                <version>2.8.9</version>
                 <scope>compile</scope>
             </dependency>
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