diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a47a2b1..7c55138 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 	  <dependency>
 	  	<groupId>com.networknt</groupId>
 	  	<artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
-	  	<version>1.5.9</version>
+	  	<version>2.0.0</version>
 	  </dependency>
 	  <dependency>
 	  	<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/spdx/tools/Verify.java b/src/main/java/org/spdx/tools/Verify.java
index d4d050d..9a8cf27 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/spdx/tools/Verify.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/spdx/tools/Verify.java
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
-import com.networknt.schema.JsonSchema;
-import com.networknt.schema.JsonSchemaFactory;
-import com.networknt.schema.SpecVersion.VersionFlag;
-import com.networknt.schema.ValidationMessage;
+import com.networknt.schema.Schema;
+import com.networknt.schema.SchemaRegistry;
+import com.networknt.schema.SpecificationVersion;
+import com.networknt.schema.Error;
 
 /**
  * Verifies an SPDX document and lists any verification errors
@@ -172,17 +172,18 @@ public static List<String> verify(String filePath, SerFileType fileType) throws
 				} else {
 					jsonSchemaResource = JSON_SCHEMA_RESOURCE_V3;
 				}
-				JsonSchemaFactory jsonSchemaFactory = JsonSchemaFactory.getInstance(VersionFlag.V202012);
-				JsonSchema schema;
+				SchemaRegistry schemaRegistry =
+						SchemaRegistry.withDefaultDialect(SpecificationVersion.DRAFT_2020_12);
+				Schema schema;
 				try (InputStream is = Verify.class.getResourceAsStream("/" + jsonSchemaResource)) {
-					schema = jsonSchemaFactory.getSchema(is);
+					schema = schemaRegistry.getSchema(is);
 				}
 				JsonNode root;
 				try (InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file)) {
 					root = JSON_MAPPER.readTree(is);
 				}
-				Set<ValidationMessage> messages = schema.validate(root);
-				for (ValidationMessage msg:messages) {
+				List<Error> messages = schema.validate(root);
+				for (Error msg:messages) {
 					retval.add(msg.toString());
 				}
 			} catch (IOException e) {