diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1a9d0c1c5b..b5ad0cdbab 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ group :base do
   gem 'mime-types', '1.25'
   gem 'rspec', '2.14.1'
   gem 'rake', '< 13.0.0'
-  gem 'json', '1.8.5'
+  gem 'json', '>= 2.3.0'
   gem 'rack', '< 2.0'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d21524add2..0af67575c7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ GEM
     comp_tree (1.1.3)
     diff-lcs (1.4.4)
       comp_tree (>= 1.1.3)
-    json (1.8.5)
+    json (2.6.1)
     mime-types (1.25)
     rack (1.6.13)
     rake (12.3.3)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
-  json (= 1.8.5)
+  json (>= 2.3.0)
   mime-types (= 1.25)
   rack (< 2.0)
   rake (< 13.0.0)
diff --git a/packaging/debian b/packaging/debian
index 6afbf13b41..e3f5ab9738 160000
--- a/packaging/debian
+++ b/packaging/debian
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6afbf13b410a27c896d0cbb40551b6436f0e1351
+Subproject commit e3f5ab97382de161f9e3927105a51402315116b3