diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b491517eff44..9443c6f7df09 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         <jackson.databind.version>2.12.1</jackson.databind.version>
         <jacksonjr.version>2.11.2</jacksonjr.version>
         <eventstream.version>1.0.1</eventstream.version>
-        <ion.java.version>1.2.0</ion.java.version>
+        <ion.java.version>1.5.1</ion.java.version>
         <commons.lang.version>3.4</commons.lang.version>
         <wiremock.version>2.18.0</wiremock.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.28</slf4j.version>