diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e5449ba8c..b84ccf95d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.0</version>
+            <version>2.9.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>