diff --git a/jmetalsp-spark/pom.xml b/jmetalsp-spark/pom.xml
index c8abe1d..695b5f8 100644
--- a/jmetalsp-spark/pom.xml
+++ b/jmetalsp-spark/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20131018</version>
+            <version>20230227</version>
         </dependency>