diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 70c481dd..b22221aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
       <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.0</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>