diff --git a/examples/multi-datacenter/pom.xml b/examples/multi-datacenter/pom.xml
index ba1c0d5..55082f1 100644
--- a/examples/multi-datacenter/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/multi-datacenter/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.4</version>
+      <version>2.8.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>		
        <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>