diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-serialization/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-serialization/pom.xml
index 4abf42a6..823e1391 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.5</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>