diff --git a/vmidentity/rest/idm/samples/pom.xml b/vmidentity/rest/idm/samples/pom.xml
index c8c8a0dcb..d65722617 100644
--- a/vmidentity/rest/idm/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/vmidentity/rest/idm/samples/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.4</version>
+      <version>2.8.9</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Logger dependencies -->