diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index df919ad1a3..2a49e3723a 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ bind(
 
 maven_jar(
     name = "gson_maven",
-    artifact = "com.google.code.gson:gson:2.3",
+    artifact = "com.google.code.gson:gson:2.7",
 )
 
 bind(
diff --git a/java/util/pom.xml b/java/util/pom.xml
index 58cc4b3012..1ab4a7b6ff 100644
--- a/java/util/pom.xml
+++ b/java/util/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>