diff --git a/components/verification-handler/pom.xml b/components/verification-handler/pom.xml
index 996ecbc77..bfa8753df 100644
--- a/components/verification-handler/pom.xml
+++ b/components/verification-handler/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.apimgt</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4603476f9..502e89a4c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		<com.wso2telco.core.version>2.4.3</com.wso2telco.core.version>
 
 		<log4j.version>1.2.13</log4j.version>
-		<com.google.code.gson.version>2.3.1</com.google.code.gson.version>
+		<com.google.code.gson.version>2.8.9</com.google.code.gson.version>
 		<org.glassfish.jersey.core.version>2.17</org.glassfish.jersey.core.version>
 		<org.json.wso2.version>3.0.0.wso2v1</org.json.wso2.version>
 		<junit.version>3.8.1</junit.version>