diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 423f3962fbb0..fa100439ef00 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
                 <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.0</version>
+                <version>2.9.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.thisptr</groupId>