diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index fb994723a8..3e3c6f51fc 100644
--- a/pmd-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-core/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
+            <version>2.8.5</version>
         </dependency>