diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ebf8a3..2e8a886 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
+            <version>2.9.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>