diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/pom.xml b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/pom.xml
index 522abeab24d2..b2e487943880 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.networknt</groupId>
       <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.0</version>
+      <version>1.5.2</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>