diff --git a/apps/sparkpost-samples-app/pom.xml b/apps/sparkpost-samples-app/pom.xml
index ec32895..f178e27 100644
--- a/apps/sparkpost-samples-app/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/sparkpost-samples-app/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.1</version>
+			<version>2.8.9</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>