diff --git a/testcontainers/pom.xml b/testcontainers/pom.xml
index d5447b0a..072dca21 100644
--- a/testcontainers/pom.xml
+++ b/testcontainers/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <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>