diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 11666c85d4f51..5b3615130027a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump `org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2` from 2.10.0 to 2.10.1 ([#12896](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12896))
 - Bump `asm` from 9.6 to 9.7 ([#12908](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12908))
+- Bump `net.minidev:json-smart` from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1 ([#12893](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12893))
 
 ### Changed
 - [BWC and API enforcement] Enforcing the presence of API annotations at build time ([#12872](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12872))
diff --git a/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle b/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle
index 33b1e6e4c7630..ced64590ef83d 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle
+++ b/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs:jackson-jaxrs-json-provider:${versions.jackson}"
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${versions.jackson_databind}"
   api "com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:${versions.woodstox}"
-  api 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.4.11'
+  api 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.5.1'
   api "org.mockito:mockito-core:${versions.mockito}"
   api "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.22.2"
   api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:${versions.kotlin}"