diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 3ae86d71a31..acd13b053bb 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@
           -->
         <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
         <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3</version>
+        <version>2.4.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.skyscreamer</groupId>