diff --git a/components/sbm-recipes-spring-framework/testcode/spring-xml-java-config/spring-petclinic/given/pom.xml b/components/sbm-recipes-spring-framework/testcode/spring-xml-java-config/spring-petclinic/given/pom.xml
index e2253dc16..af9f6e5ee 100644
--- a/components/sbm-recipes-spring-framework/testcode/spring-xml-java-config/spring-petclinic/given/pom.xml
+++ b/components/sbm-recipes-spring-framework/testcode/spring-xml-java-config/spring-petclinic/given/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
         <!-- Test -->
         <assertj.version>3.18.0</assertj.version>
-        <json-path.version>2.4.0</json-path.version>
+        <json-path.version>2.9.0</json-path.version>
         <mockito.version>3.7.7</mockito.version>
         <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
         <junit-jupiter.version>5.7.0</junit-jupiter.version>