diff --git a/appserver/pom.xml b/appserver/pom.xml
index 58c830a43d2..ea6393eb93f 100644
--- a/appserver/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
         <nimbus-jose-jwt.version>9.35</nimbus-jose-jwt.version>
         <accessors-smart.version>2.4.11</accessors-smart.version>
-        <json-smart.version>2.4.11</json-smart.version>
+        <json-smart.version>2.5.1</json-smart.version>
         <reactor-core.version>3.4.4</reactor-core.version>
         <reactive-streams.version>1.0.4</reactive-streams.version>
         <jcip-annotations.version>1.0-1</jcip-annotations.version>