diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index ea32a2f07..a1791023b 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ lazy val cats_effects = (project in file("cats-effects"))
     libraryDependencies += "junit" % "junit" % "4.13.2" % Test
   )
 
-val zioJsonDep = "dev.zio" %% "zio-json" % "0.7.43"
+val zioJsonDep = "dev.zio" %% "zio-json" % "0.7.44"
 val zioTestSbt = "dev.zio" %% "zio-test-sbt" % zioVersion % Test
 
 lazy val zio = (project in file("zio"))
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ lazy val zio2 = (project in file("zio-2"))
     name := "zio-2",
     scalaVersion := scala3Version,
     libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio" % zioVersion,
-    libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-json" % "0.7.43",
+    libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-json" % "0.7.44",
     libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-test" % zioVersion % Test,
     libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-test-sbt" % zioVersion % Test,
     libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-logging" % "2.1.17",