diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37dbb13..910a513 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -158,13 +158,13 @@
       <dependency>
 	<groupId>com.dslplatform</groupId>
 	<artifactId>dsl-json</artifactId>
-	<version>1.1.1</version>
+	<version>1.3.1</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
 	<groupId>com.dslplatform</groupId>
 	<artifactId>dsl-json-processor</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0</version>
+	<version>1.4.1</version>
 	<scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/write/DZoneWriteDslJson.java b/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/write/DZoneWriteDslJson.java
index d7e3d70..66c13cb 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/write/DZoneWriteDslJson.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cowtowncoder/jsonperf/dzone/write/DZoneWriteDslJson.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class DZoneWriteDslJson extends DZoneWriteTestBase
     public DZoneWriteDslJson()
     {
         json =  new DslJson<>();
-        writer = new JsonWriter();
+        writer = json.newWriter();
     }
 
     @Override