diff --git a/alpha/alpha-core/pom.xml b/alpha/alpha-core/pom.xml
index a39f612a..d1e40a9a 100644
--- a/alpha/alpha-core/pom.xml
+++ b/alpha/alpha-core/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.4</version>
+      <version>2.8.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>