diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9c4c8962..178edc4f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module github.com/hamba/avro
 
 require (
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1
-	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.7
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.8
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7d734b44..742c8d05 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6 h1:MrUvLMLTMxbqFJ9kzlvat/rYZqZnW3u4wkLzWTaFwK
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.7 h1:KfgG9LzI+pYjr4xvmz/5H4FXjokeP+rlHLhv3iH62Fo=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.7/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
+github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.8 h1:QiWkFLKq0T7mpzwOTu6BzNDbfTE8OLrYhVKYMLF46Ok=
+github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.8/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd h1:TRLaZ9cD/w8PVh93nsPXa1VrQ6jlwL5oN8l14QlcNfg=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=