diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e5b8ede..d3b684b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
+            <version>2.9.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>