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@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The following default gems are updated.
 * getoptlong 0.2.1
 * io-console 0.6.1.dev.1
 * irb 1.10.0
-* json 2.7.0
+* json 2.7.1
 * logger 1.6.0
 * mutex_m 0.2.0
 * net-http 0.4.0