diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
index 17d75c077..1d6d24e1c 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/pom.xml
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.1</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85a669e63..1f2f09bbd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.1</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
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