diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f6a353b..0c49c3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
       <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.0</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>