diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 309eb3b..be45b35 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
         <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.0</version>
+        <version>2.9.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.networknt/json-schema-validator -->