diff --git a/examples/java-api/pom.xml b/examples/java-api/pom.xml
index b4394b48..125c0f9b 100644
--- a/examples/java-api/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java-api/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
-			<version>20201115</version>
+			<version>20251224</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- logging -->