diff --git a/qa/kerberos/build.gradle b/qa/kerberos/build.gradle
index 4a284646f..af40ec1b3 100644
--- a/qa/kerberos/build.gradle
+++ b/qa/kerberos/build.gradle
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ dependencies {
     
     compileOnly("com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-scala_2.12:2.15.2")
     compileOnly("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.15.2")
-    compileOnly("org.json4s:json4s-jackson_2.12:4.0.6")
+    compileOnly("org.json4s:json4s-jackson_2.12:4.0.7")
     compileOnly("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.9")
 
     implementation("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client:${HadoopClusterConfiguration.HADOOP.defaultVersion()}")