diff --git a/java-client/build.gradle.kts b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
index ade08b7f0b..8d1c21adec 100644
--- a/java-client/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ dependencies {
     // Needed even if using Jackson to have an implementation of the Jsonp object model
     // EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
     // https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/parsson
-    api("org.eclipse.parsson:parsson:1.0.5")
+    api("org.eclipse.parsson:parsson:1.1.9")
 
     // OpenTelemetry API for native instrumentation of the client.
     // Apache 2.0
diff --git a/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/json/JsonpUtilsTest.java b/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/json/JsonpUtilsTest.java
index a7f9b7a750..24e13934d4 100644
--- a/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/json/JsonpUtilsTest.java
+++ b/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/json/JsonpUtilsTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.security.RoleTemplateScript;
 import co.elastic.clients.elasticsearch.security.UserIndicesPrivileges;
 import co.elastic.clients.util.AllowForbiddenApis;
-import jakarta.json.JsonException;
 import jakarta.json.spi.JsonProvider;
 import jakarta.json.stream.JsonGenerator;
 import jakarta.json.stream.JsonParser;
@@ -58,13 +57,7 @@ public Enumeration<URL> getResources(String name) {
         ClassLoader savedLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
         try {
             Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(emptyLoader);
-
-            assertThrows(JsonException.class, () -> {
-                assertNotNull(JsonProvider.provider());
-            });
-
             assertNotNull(JsonpUtils.provider());
-
         } finally {
             Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(savedLoader);
         }