diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-optional/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-optional/pom.xml
index eeefed867e..68800f67fc 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-optional/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-optional/pom.xml
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-            <version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
+            <version>${json-path.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
         <hibernate.core.version>5.4.0.Final</hibernate.core.version>
-        <rest-assured.version>3.1.1</rest-assured.version>
+        <json-path.version>5.3.2</json-path.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-optional/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9additions/Java9OptionalUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-optional/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9additions/Java9OptionalUnitTest.java
index ee04432e44..e7daac4b8c 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-optional/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9additions/Java9OptionalUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-optional/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java9additions/Java9OptionalUnitTest.java
@@ -8,88 +8,88 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-//    Uncomment code when code base is compatible with Java 9
-//public class Java9OptionalUnitTest {
-//
-//    @Test
-//    public void givenOptionalOfSome_whenToStream_thenShouldTreatItAsOneElementStream() {
-//        //given
-//        Optional<String> value = Optional.of("a");
-//
-//        //when
-//        List<String> collect = value.stream().map(String::toUpperCase).collect(Collectors.toList());
-//
-//        //then
-//        assertThat(collect).hasSameElementsAs(List.of("A"));
-//    }
-//
-//    @Test
-//    public void givenOptionalOfNone_whenToStream_thenShouldTreatItAsZeroElementStream() {
-//        //given
-//        Optional<String> value = Optional.empty();
-//
-//        //when
-//        List<String> collect = value.stream().map(String::toUpperCase).collect(Collectors.toList());
-//
-//        //then
-//        assertThat(collect).isEmpty();
-//    }
-//
-//    @Test
-//    public void givenOptional_whenPresent_thenShouldExecuteProperCallback() {
-//        //given
-//        Optional<String> value = Optional.of("properValue");
-//        AtomicInteger successCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
-//        AtomicInteger onEmptyOptionalCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
-//
-//        //when
-//        value.ifPresentOrElse((v) -> successCounter.incrementAndGet(), onEmptyOptionalCounter::incrementAndGet);
-//
-//        //then
-//        assertThat(successCounter.get()).isEqualTo(1);
-//        assertThat(onEmptyOptionalCounter.get()).isEqualTo(0);
-//    }
-//
-//    @Test
-//    public void givenOptional_whenNotPresent_thenShouldExecuteProperCallback() {
-//        //given
-//        Optional<String> value = Optional.empty();
-//        AtomicInteger successCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
-//        AtomicInteger onEmptyOptionalCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
-//
-//        //when
-//        value.ifPresentOrElse((v) -> successCounter.incrementAndGet(), onEmptyOptionalCounter::incrementAndGet);
-//
-//        //then
-//        assertThat(successCounter.get()).isEqualTo(0);
-//        assertThat(onEmptyOptionalCounter.get()).isEqualTo(1);
-//    }
-//
-//    @Test
-//    public void givenOptional_whenPresent_thenShouldTakeAValueFromIt() {
-//        //given
-//        String expected = "properValue";
-//        Optional<String> value = Optional.of(expected);
-//        Optional<String> defaultValue = Optional.of("default");
-//
-//        //when
-//        Optional<String> result = value.or(() -> defaultValue);
-//
-//        //then
-//        assertThat(result.get()).isEqualTo(expected);
-//    }
-//
-//    @Test
-//    public void givenOptional_whenEmpty_thenShouldTakeAValueFromOr() {
-//        //given
-//        String defaultString = "default";
-//        Optional<String> value = Optional.empty();
-//        Optional<String> defaultValue = Optional.of(defaultString);
-//
-//        //when
-//        Optional<String> result = value.or(() -> defaultValue);
-//
-//        //then
-//        assertThat(result.get()).isEqualTo(defaultString);
-//    }
-//}
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+
+public class Java9OptionalUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenOptionalOfSome_whenToStream_thenShouldTreatItAsOneElementStream() {
+        //given
+        Optional<String> value = Optional.of("a");
+
+        //when
+        List<String> collect = value.stream().map(String::toUpperCase).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(collect).hasSameElementsAs(List.of("A"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenOptionalOfNone_whenToStream_thenShouldTreatItAsZeroElementStream() {
+        //given
+        Optional<String> value = Optional.empty();
+
+        //when
+        List<String> collect = value.stream().map(String::toUpperCase).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(collect).isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenOptional_whenPresent_thenShouldExecuteProperCallback() {
+        //given
+        Optional<String> value = Optional.of("properValue");
+        AtomicInteger successCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        AtomicInteger onEmptyOptionalCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+        //when
+        value.ifPresentOrElse((v) -> successCounter.incrementAndGet(), onEmptyOptionalCounter::incrementAndGet);
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(successCounter.get()).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(onEmptyOptionalCounter.get()).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenOptional_whenNotPresent_thenShouldExecuteProperCallback() {
+        //given
+        Optional<String> value = Optional.empty();
+        AtomicInteger successCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        AtomicInteger onEmptyOptionalCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+        //when
+        value.ifPresentOrElse((v) -> successCounter.incrementAndGet(), onEmptyOptionalCounter::incrementAndGet);
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(successCounter.get()).isEqualTo(0);
+        assertThat(onEmptyOptionalCounter.get()).isEqualTo(1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenOptional_whenPresent_thenShouldTakeAValueFromIt() {
+        //given
+        String expected = "properValue";
+        Optional<String> value = Optional.of(expected);
+        Optional<String> defaultValue = Optional.of("default");
+
+        //when
+        Optional<String> result = value.or(() -> defaultValue);
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(result.get()).isEqualTo(expected);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenOptional_whenEmpty_thenShouldTakeAValueFromOr() {
+        //given
+        String defaultString = "default";
+        Optional<String> value = Optional.empty();
+        Optional<String> defaultValue = Optional.of(defaultString);
+
+        //when
+        Optional<String> result = value.or(() -> defaultValue);
+
+        //then
+        assertThat(result.get()).isEqualTo(defaultString);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/ethereum/pom.xml b/ethereum/pom.xml
index 8dc25427d9..a94f74c115 100644
--- a/ethereum/pom.xml
+++ b/ethereum/pom.xml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
         <ethereumj-core.version>1.5.0-RELEASE</ethereumj-core.version>
         <web3j.core.version>3.3.1</web3j.core.version>
         <spring.boot.version>1.5.6.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
-        <jsonpath.version>2.4.0</jsonpath.version>
+        <jsonpath.version>2.8.0</jsonpath.version>
         <spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>2.0.4.RELEASE</spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>
         <compiler.plugin.version>3.1</compiler.plugin.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-annotations/pom.xml b/jackson-modules/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
index e2d5e1e607..59d7d3d197 100644
--- a/jackson-modules/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
-            <version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
+            <version>${json-path.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
-        <rest-assured.version>3.1.1</rest-assured.version>
+        <json-path.version>5.3.2</json-path.version>
         <spring-boot.version>2.5.0</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/json-modules/json-path/pom.xml b/json-modules/json-path/pom.xml
index 88b81dfc68..763a275290 100644
--- a/json-modules/json-path/pom.xml
+++ b/json-modules/json-path/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <!-- json-path -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
@@ -22,8 +21,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- json-path -->
-        <json-path.version>2.4.0</json-path.version>
+        <json-path.version>2.8.0</json-path.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-5/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-5/pom.xml
index e0d603e303..1c8c87a2ef 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-5/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-basics-5/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <commons-io.version>1.3.2</commons-io.version>
-        <json-path.version>2.7.0</json-path.version>
+        <json-path.version>2.8.0</json-path.version>
         <jaxb-runtime.version>2.3.5</jaxb-runtime.version>
         <jakarta.servlet.jsp.jstl>2.0.0</jakarta.servlet.jsp.jstl>
         <io.rest-assured.version>3.0.0</io.rest-assured.version>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 8098f07282..717c3b76b8 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
         <javax.version>4.0.1</javax.version>
         <javax-servlet-api.version>2.3.3</javax-servlet-api.version>
         <htmlunit.version>2.32</htmlunit.version>
-        <json-path.version>2.4.0</json-path.version>
+        <json-path.version>2.8.0</json-path.version>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.SpringMVCApplication</start-class>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/video-tutorials/jackson-annotations/pom.xml b/video-tutorials/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
index 611a337b0c..542f68d69c 100644
--- a/video-tutorials/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/video-tutorials/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         <rest-assured.version>3.0.1</rest-assured.version>
         <rest-assured-json-schema-validator.version>3.0.0</rest-assured-json-schema-validator.version>
         <json-schema-validator.version>2.2.6</json-schema-validator.version>
-        <json-path.version>3.0.1</json-path.version>
+        <json-path.version>5.3.2</json-path.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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