diff --git a/uk.ac.kcl.inf.mdeoptimiser.infrastructure.scale/pom.xml b/uk.ac.kcl.inf.mdeoptimiser.infrastructure.scale/pom.xml
index 6b125b6..875212c 100644
--- a/uk.ac.kcl.inf.mdeoptimiser.infrastructure.scale/pom.xml
+++ b/uk.ac.kcl.inf.mdeoptimiser.infrastructure.scale/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
           <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-          <version>2.8.5</version>
+          <version>2.8.9</version>
           <scope>compile</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>