diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5e3f2cd3..66ec49e9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ source 'http://rubygems.org'
 gem 'rails', '2.3.11'
 gem 'mysql', '2.8.1'
 
-gem "json", '1.1.3'
+gem "json", '2.3.0'
 gem "parseexcel",'0.5.2'
 gem "rest-client", '0.8.2', :require => "rest_client"
 gem "hpricot",'0.6.161'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 227ade7c..ce4c4fd3 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ GEM
     diff-lcs (1.1.2)
     highline (1.4.0)
     hpricot (0.6.161)
-    json (1.1.3)
+    json (2.3.0)
     linecache (0.46)
       rbx-require-relative (> 0.0.4)
     mysql (2.8.1)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   cucumber (= 0.3.1)
   highline (= 1.4.0)
   hpricot (= 0.6.161)
-  json (= 1.1.3)
+  json (= 2.3.0)
   mysql (= 2.8.1)
   nokogiri (= 1.2.3)
   parseexcel (= 0.5.2)