diff --git a/lazylead.gemspec b/lazylead.gemspec
index 6fa8229..a605823 100644
--- a/lazylead.gemspec
+++ b/lazylead.gemspec
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ tasks instead of solving technical problems."
   s.add_runtime_dependency "get_process_mem", "0.2.7"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "inifile", "3.0.0"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "jira-ruby", "2.2.0"
-  s.add_runtime_dependency "json", "2.6.3"
+  s.add_runtime_dependency "json", "2.7.1"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "logging", "2.3.1"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "mail", "2.8.1"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "memory_profiler", "1.0.1"