diff --git a/tests/itest-commons/pom.xml b/tests/itest-commons/pom.xml
index c4eb10740..6c6c86cda 100644
--- a/tests/itest-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/itest-commons/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
       <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.0</version>
+      <version>2.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.minidev</groupId>