diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8881b18..0b929d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.0</version>
+            <version>2.9.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jaxen</groupId>