diff --git a/core/core-backend/pom.xml b/core/core-backend/pom.xml
index 72a5f97b9e..431f4be49c 100644
--- a/core/core-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/core/core-backend/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
+            <version>[2.9.0, )</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>