diff --git a/apl-performance-tests/pom.xml b/apl-performance-tests/pom.xml
index 7641746..5ddb83b 100644
--- a/apl-performance-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/apl-performance-tests/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.6</version>
+      <version>2.8.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hamcrest/hamcrest-library -->
     <dependency>