diff --git a/webgoat-lessons/challenge/pom.xml b/webgoat-lessons/challenge/pom.xml
index 52c5ff7d9..98f21a6a4 100644
--- a/webgoat-lessons/challenge/pom.xml
+++ b/webgoat-lessons/challenge/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
             <artifactId>jjwt</artifactId>
-            <version>0.9.1</version>
+            <version>0.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/webgoat-lessons/jwt/pom.xml b/webgoat-lessons/jwt/pom.xml
index 005f80c74..bcbab2c59 100644
--- a/webgoat-lessons/jwt/pom.xml
+++ b/webgoat-lessons/jwt/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
             <artifactId>jjwt</artifactId>
-            <version>0.9.1</version>
+            <version>0.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>