diff --git a/datahub-frontend/play.gradle b/datahub-frontend/play.gradle
index 255725e62b..57f6496003 100644
--- a/datahub-frontend/play.gradle
+++ b/datahub-frontend/play.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies {
     play('com.nimbusds:oauth2-oidc-sdk:8.36.2')
     play('com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt:8.18')
     play('com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor_2.12:2.6.20')
-    play('net.minidev:json-smart:2.4.8')
+    play(externalDependency.jsonSmart)
     play('io.netty:netty-all:4.1.86.Final')
     implementation(externalDependency.commonsText) {
       because("previous versions are vulnerable to CVE-2022-42889")