diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
index 6b437d2733b34..bbf4c55f26f0b 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         joda_time                                   : "joda-time:joda-time:2.10.10",
         jsonassert                                  : "org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.5.0",
         jsr305                                      : "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:$jsr305_version",
-        json_org                                    : "org.json:json",     // Try to keep in sync with google_cloud_platform_libraries_bom transitive deps.
+        json_org                                    : "org.json:json:20220320", // Keep in sync with everit-json-schema / google_cloud_platform_libraries_bom transitive deps.
         everit_json_schema                          : "com.github.erosb:everit-json-schema:${everit_json_version}",
         junit                                       : "junit:junit:4.13.1",
         kafka                                       : "org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.11:$kafka_version",