diff --git a/mdw/templates/{{maven}}/pom.xml b/mdw/templates/{{maven}}/pom.xml
index 777d8f436b..15ac524aee 100644
--- a/mdw/templates/{{maven}}/pom.xml
+++ b/mdw/templates/{{maven}}/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20160810</version>
+      <version>20231013</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>