diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 62b4d41be..1aa434508 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async-broadcast = "0.7.0"
 async-stream = "0.3.5"
 async-trait = "0.1.64"
 backoff = "0.4.0"
-base64 = "0.22.0"
+base64 = "0.22.1"
 bytes = "1.1.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.34", default-features = false }
 darling = "0.20.3"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ futures = { version = "0.3.17", default-features = false }
 hashbrown = "0.15.0"
 home = "0.5.4"
 http = "1.1.0"
-http-body = "1.0.0"
+http-body = "1.0.1"
 http-body-util = "0.1.2"
 hyper = "1.2.0"
 hyper-util = "0.1.9"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ hyper-socks2 = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }
 hyper-timeout = "0.5.1"
 json-patch = "3"
 jsonptr = "0.6"
-jsonpath-rust = "0.5.0"
+jsonpath-rust = "0.7.3"
 k8s-openapi = { version = "0.23.0", default-features = false }
 openssl = "0.10.36"
 parking_lot = "0.12.0"
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pin-project = "1.0.4"
 proc-macro2 = "1.0.29"
 quote = "1.0.10"
 rand = "0.8.3"
-rustls = { version = "0.23.0", default-features = false }
+rustls = { version = "0.23.16", default-features = false }
 rustls-pemfile = "2.0.0"
 schemars = "0.8.6"
 secrecy = "0.10.2"
diff --git a/examples/dynamic_jsonpath.rs b/examples/dynamic_jsonpath.rs
index 3fb670b84..bc4b02d48 100644
--- a/examples/dynamic_jsonpath.rs
+++ b/examples/dynamic_jsonpath.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::{Context, Error};
-use jsonpath_rust::JsonPathInst;
+use jsonpath_rust::JsonPath;
 use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::Pod;
 use kube::{
     api::{Api, ListParams},
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let jsonpath = {
         let path = std::env::var("JSONPATH").unwrap_or_else(|_| ".items[*].spec.containers[*].image".into());
         format!("${path}")
-            .parse::<JsonPathInst>()
+            .parse::<JsonPath>()
             .map_err(Error::msg)
             .with_context(|| {
                 format!(
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     // Use the given JSONPATH to filter the ObjectList
     let list_json = serde_json::to_value(&list)?;
-    for res in jsonpath.find_slice(&list_json, Default::default()) {
-        info!("\t\t {}", *res);
+    for res in jsonpath.find_slice(&list_json) {
+        info!("\t\t {}", res.to_data());
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/kube-client/src/api/entry.rs b/kube-client/src/api/entry.rs
index 70d7d61cd..14e408fbd 100644
--- a/kube-client/src/api/entry.rs
+++ b/kube-client/src/api/entry.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ enum Dirtiness {
     New,
 }
 
-impl<'a, K> OccupiedEntry<'a, K> {
+impl<K> OccupiedEntry<'_, K> {
     /// Borrow the object
     pub fn get(&self) -> &K {
         &self.object
diff --git a/kube-client/src/client/auth/mod.rs b/kube-client/src/client/auth/mod.rs
index 406ca26ca..f051bba45 100644
--- a/kube-client/src/client/auth/mod.rs
+++ b/kube-client/src/client/auth/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use http::{
     header::{InvalidHeaderValue, AUTHORIZATION},
     HeaderValue, Request,
 };
-use jsonpath_rust::{path::config::JsonPathConfig, JsonPathInst};
+use jsonpath_rust::JsonPath;
 use secrecy::{ExposeSecret, SecretString};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -498,10 +498,9 @@ fn token_from_gcp_provider(provider: &AuthProviderConfig) -> Result<ProviderToke
 }
 
 fn extract_value(json: &serde_json::Value, context: &str, path: &str) -> Result<String, Error> {
-    let cfg = JsonPathConfig::default(); // no need for regex caching here
     let parsed_path = path
         .trim_matches(|c| c == '"' || c == '{' || c == '}')
-        .parse::<JsonPathInst>()
+        .parse::<JsonPath>()
         .map_err(|err| {
             Error::AuthExec(format!(
                 "Failed to parse {context:?} as a JsonPath: {path}\n
@@ -509,7 +508,7 @@ fn extract_value(json: &serde_json::Value, context: &str, path: &str) -> Result<
             ))
         })?;
 
-    let res = parsed_path.find_slice(json, cfg);
+    let res = parsed_path.find_slice(json);
 
     let Some(res) = res.into_iter().next() else {
         return Err(Error::AuthExec(format!(
@@ -517,14 +516,12 @@ fn extract_value(json: &serde_json::Value, context: &str, path: &str) -> Result<
         )));
     };
 
-    if let Some(val) = res.as_str() {
-        Ok(val.to_owned())
-    } else {
-        Err(Error::AuthExec(format!(
-            "Target {:?} value {:?} is not a string: {:?}",
-            context, path, *res
-        )))
-    }
+    let jval = res.to_data();
+    let val = jval.as_str().ok_or(Error::AuthExec(format!(
+        "Target {context:?} value {path:?} is not a string"
+    )))?;
+
+    Ok(val.to_string())
 }
 
 /// ExecCredentials is used by exec-based plugins to communicate credentials to