diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dcd594a3e6..cee2a15e31 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <commons.lang.version>3.12.0</commons.lang.version>
         <commons.codec.version>1.15</commons.codec.version>
         <jsr305.version>3.0.2</jsr305.version>
-        <nanojson.version>1.7</nanojson.version>
+        <nanojson.version>1.8</nanojson.version>
 
         <koloboke-compile.version>0.5.1</koloboke-compile.version>
         <koloboke-impl.version>1.0.0</koloboke-impl.version>