diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/build.gradle
index e1504fa08b..2f804db0e8 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:s3'
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:apache-client'
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.9.2'
-    testImplementation 'org.json:json:20230227'
+    testImplementation 'org.json:json:20231013'
     testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.9.2'
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-plugins:common')
 }