diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/build.gradle
index eeced877c0..cb052715d7 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/avro-codecs/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.parquet.common
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:s3'
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:apache-client'
-    testImplementation 'org.json:json:20251224'
+    testImplementation 'org.json:json:20260522'
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-plugins:common')
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-test:test-event')
 }