diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eea99699..79ccac2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     <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.commons</groupId>