diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
index e707c0fe1..7cdcfdf85 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.1</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 786641d92..85440f066 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.1</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>