diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/pom.xml b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/pom.xml
index 9b0e21624ede..6c4b2ef2c771 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-administration/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.networknt</groupId>
       <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.9</version>
+      <version>3.0.2</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-test-web-api/pom.xml b/dhis-2/dhis-test-web-api/pom.xml
index e58cda7b03ce..405ff8204210 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-test-web-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-test-web-api/pom.xml
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.networknt</groupId>
       <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.9</version>
+      <version>3.0.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>