diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/build.gradle
index abe9c3a67c..c63e24b335 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.apache.parquet:parquet-common:1.13.1'
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:s3'
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:apache-client'
-    testImplementation 'org.json:json:20230227'
+    testImplementation 'org.json:json:20231013'
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-plugins:common')
 }