diff --git a/tools/clients/pom.xml b/tools/clients/pom.xml
index 47d573334..539dfa238 100644
--- a/tools/clients/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/clients/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20180813</version>
+            <version>20230227</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml.bind/jaxb-api -->
         <dependency>