diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yaml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yaml
index 92b7a55d3..8e6e1d92f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yaml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
           git clone --branch=master https://github.com/vmware/singleton.git server
           cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/server/g11n-ws && ./gradlew build -x test
           find $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/server/publish/ -name 'singleton-[0~9]*.jar' -exec mv '{}' $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/server/publish/singleton.jar \;
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: singleton-service
           path: ./server/publish/singleton.jar
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'adopt-openj9'
           java-version: '8'
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: singleton-service
       - name: Smoke Test
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 85b83497c..666db49da 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2019-2021 VMware, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2019-2025 VMware, Inc.
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
  */
 apply plugin: 'java'
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile group: 'javax.servlet.jsp', name: 'javax.servlet.jsp-api', version: '2.3.1'
     compile group: 'javax.servlet', name: 'javax.servlet-api', version: '3.1.0'
     compile group: 'org.apache.taglibs', name: 'taglibs-standard-impl', version: '1.2.5'
-    compile("com.googlecode.json-simple:json-simple:1.1.1") {
-       exclude group: 'junit'
-    }
+    compile group:  'org.json', name: 'json', version: '20250107'
     compile group: 'com.vmware.singleton', name: 'singleton-i18n-patterns-core', version: '[0.5.1,)'
     compile group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '1.7.30'
     testCompile group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-log4j12', version: '1.7.30'