diff --git a/storm-core/pom.xml b/storm-core/pom.xml
index 2effcf6385e..07688f389e5 100644
--- a/storm-core/pom.xml
+++ b/storm-core/pom.xml
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1</version>
+            <version>1.1.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>