diff --git a/iot/mqtt_example/package.json b/iot/mqtt_example/package.json
index 13d96926b2..0b6b830df3 100644
--- a/iot/mqtt_example/package.json
+++ b/iot/mqtt_example/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/iot": "^0.2.0",
-    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.0",
+    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
     "mqtt": "^2.18.8",
     "yargs": "^13.2.2"
   },