diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d033e2b5..a17d2a0e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0-RC3</version>
+            <version>2.4.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>