diff --git a/plugin/reader/jsonfilereader/pom.xml b/plugin/reader/jsonfilereader/pom.xml
index 86cecb49a..82feebac0 100644
--- a/plugin/reader/jsonfilereader/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin/reader/jsonfilereader/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-smart</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.2</version>
+            <version>2.6.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>