diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc9f0bce8..051e93442 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
                 <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.0</version>
+                <version>2.9.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>