diff --git a/jmetalsp-kafka/pom.xml b/jmetalsp-kafka/pom.xml
index ba74ed9..9329e1c 100644
--- a/jmetalsp-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/jmetalsp-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20131018</version>
+            <version>20230227</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>