diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c35d7d4c7e..caff61bfa1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 
 ## HEAD (Unreleased)
 * @saxena-gaurav updated swf to 4.7.2 to fix flash of previous video frame ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/2300))
+* @gkatsev updated the vtt.js version to fix JSON issues ([view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/2327))
 
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1d19fec0fb..595234b54e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "main": "./dist/video-js/video.js",
   "dependencies": {
     "videojs-swf": "4.7.2",
-    "vtt.js": "git+https://github.com/gkatsev/vtt.js.git#shim-build"
+    "vtt.js": "git+https://github.com/gkatsev/vtt.js.git#vjs-v0.12.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "calcdeps": "~0.1.7",