diff --git a/thucydides-core/pom.xml b/thucydides-core/pom.xml
index 85ba5017c..19cc3628e 100644
--- a/thucydides-core/pom.xml
+++ b/thucydides-core/pom.xml
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
         <dependency>
         	<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
         	<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-        	<version>2.2.4</version>
+        	<version>2.8.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>