diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cc3e4ae8..1963bdbb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.0</version>
+            <version>2.9.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>