diff --git a/core-services/egov-persister/pom.xml b/core-services/egov-persister/pom.xml
index f58dd78907..8fe244cbf6 100644
--- a/core-services/egov-persister/pom.xml
+++ b/core-services/egov-persister/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
       <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.0</version>
+      <version>2.10.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>