diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/openwhisk-java-maven/pom.xml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/openwhisk-java-maven/pom.xml
index 95c0ac0ff46..22c22b6050a 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/openwhisk-java-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/openwhisk-java-maven/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-    <gson.version>2.8.2</gson.version>
+    <gson.version>2.8.9</gson.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>