diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6c6db9b3..f3faa49a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ dependencies {
     // read from and write to zip files
     implementation group: 'net.lingala.zip4j', name: 'zip4j', version: '2.11.6'
     // compare json documents in tests
-    implementation 'com.github.fslev:json-compare:8.0'
+    implementation 'com.github.fslev:json-compare:8.1'
     // url validator
     implementation group: 'commons-validator', name: 'commons-validator', version: '1.10.1'
     // logging