diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml
index 7bb687ea2b..2c19242831 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-operations-2/pom.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
         <validation-api.version>2.0.0.Final</validation-api.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.8.1</commons-lang3.version>
-        <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
+        <guava.version>28.2-jre</guava.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.2.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <javax.el-api.version>3.0.0</javax.el-api.version>
         <javax.el.version>2.2.6</javax.el.version>