diff --git a/services/git-bridge/pom.xml b/services/git-bridge/pom.xml
index db2299d847..422ffda819 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/pom.xml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <version>2.6.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.ning</groupId>
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml b/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
index ee0bab768d..b97492cd9a 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-http:9.3.9.v20160517" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-util:9.3.9.v20160517" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-io:9.3.9.v20160517" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.google.code.gson:gson:2.3.1" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.google.code.gson:gson:2.6.2" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.ning:async-http-client:1.9.3" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: io.netty:netty:3.9.5.Final" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:3.6.0.201412230720-r" level="project" />