diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 950e8c1a6..2d3131c11 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-common:${kotlin_version}"
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.3.9"
     implementation "${group}:common-utils:${common_utils_version}"
-    implementation 'org.json:json:20230227'
+    implementation 'org.json:json:20231013'
     implementation group: 'com.github.wnameless.json', name: 'json-flattener', version: '0.15.1'
     // json-base, jackson-databind, jackson-annotations are only used by json-flattener.
     // see https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/5395.