diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 305c07111..44a276ebb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file
   <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20210307</version>
+      <version>20211205</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 9aed7297a..530f1d8b4 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20210307</version>
+      <version>20211205</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 8af552dfd..f111c9915 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.json</groupId>
         <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-        <version>20210307</version>
+        <version>20211205</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>