diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6efc78e..63198a1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-            <version>20240303</version>
+            <version>20260814</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Silence kafka-clients' SLF4J "no provider" warning during tests. -->