diff --git a/apps/sparkpost-samples-app/pom.xml b/apps/sparkpost-samples-app/pom.xml
index ec32895..5db771f 100644
--- a/apps/sparkpost-samples-app/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/sparkpost-samples-app/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.json</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-		    <version>20170516</version>
+		    <version>20230227</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>