diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f46b2a..032d886 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [![License (3-Clause BSD)](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSD%203--Clause-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause)
-[![Kotlin](https://img.shields.io/badge/kotlin-1.8.10-7f52ff)](https://kotlinlang.org/)
+[![Kotlin](https://img.shields.io/badge/kotlin-1.8.22-7f52ff)](https://kotlinlang.org/)
 [![Nexus Snapshot](https://img.shields.io/nexus/s/net.thauvin.erik/jokeapi?label=snapshot&server=https%3A%2F%2Foss.sonatype.org%2F)](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/)
 [![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/ethauvin/jokeapi.svg)](https://github.com/ethauvin/jokeapi/releases/latest)
 [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/net.thauvin.erik/jokeapi/badge.svg?color=blue)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/net.thauvin.erik/jokeapi)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d809b72..2f101ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
         <artifactId>kotlin-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.10</version>
+        <version>1.8.22</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
       <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8.10</version>
+      <version>1.8.22</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20220924</version>
+      <version>20230618</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>