diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1cf2a51daa996..fd92adf191a90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Bump `org.apache.maven:maven-model` from 3.9.2 to 3.9.3 (#8403)
 - Bump `io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty` and `io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-core` from 1.1.7 to 1.1.8 (#8405)
 - Bump `com.azure:azure-storage-blob` from 12.22.2 to 12.22.3 (#8572)
-- Bump `net.minidev:json-smart` from 2.4.11 to 2.5.0 ([#8576](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/8576))
+- Bump `net.minidev:json-smart` from 2.4.11 to 2.5.0 (#8575, #8576)
 - Bump `com.google.jimfs:jimfs` from 1.2 to 1.3.0 (#8577, #8571)
 - Bump `com.networknt:json-schema-validator` from 1.0.85 to 1.0.86 ([#8573](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/8573))
 - Bump `com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core-http` from 2.17.0 to 2.21.0 ([#8586](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/8586))
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
index 3c83e535a91d8..0b13e18ba3f4d 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ dependencies {
   api 'javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5'
   api "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${versions.slf4j}"
   api "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:${versions.log4j}"
-  api 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.4.11'
+  api 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.5.0'
   api "io.netty:netty-all:${versions.netty}"
   implementation "com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:${versions.woodstox}"
   implementation 'org.codehaus.woodstox:stax2-api:4.2.1'
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/json-smart-2.4.11.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/json-smart-2.4.11.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 04627ab2baace..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/json-smart-2.4.11.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-cc5888f14a5768f254b97bafe8b9fd29b31e872e
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/json-smart-2.5.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/json-smart-2.5.0.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3ec055efa1255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/json-smart-2.5.0.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+57a64f421b472849c40e77d2e7cce3a141b41e99
\ No newline at end of file