diff --git a/sdk-tests/pom.xml b/sdk-tests/pom.xml
index 6e8cc0f59..609d6d5d8 100644
--- a/sdk-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-tests/pom.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
       <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.0</version>
+      <version>2.9.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
       <dependency>