diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b7634f6fa..b35d633199 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ## Features
 
 ## Bug Fixes
+ * Update dsl-json which fixes a memory leak.
+ See [ngs-doo/dsl-json#102](https://github.com/ngs-doo/dsl-json/pull/102) for details.
 
 # 1.0.1
 
diff --git a/apm-agent-core/pom.xml b/apm-agent-core/pom.xml
index 7382d567ab..1cffcbbf7b 100644
--- a/apm-agent-core/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-agent-core/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.dslplatform</groupId>
             <artifactId>dsl-json</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.4</version>
+            <version>1.8.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>