diff --git a/_code/akka-streams-kafka/pom.xml b/_code/akka-streams-kafka/pom.xml
index 75f411f..d86282e 100644
--- a/_code/akka-streams-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/_code/akka-streams-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.5</version>
+      <version>2.8.9</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>