diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c12d8803f..fb4a66eef 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "nanotime>=0.5.2",
     "pyasn1>=0.4.1",
     "schema>=0.6.7",
-    "jsonpath-rw==1.4.0",
+    "jsonpath-ng>=1.4.3",
     "requests>=2.18.4",
     "grandalf==0.6",
     "asciimatics>=1.10.0",
diff --git a/tests/func/test_metrics.py b/tests/func/test_metrics.py
index 4caa16794..35249add4 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_metrics.py
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ class TestMetrics(TestDvc):
         metric_htsv_path = os.path.join(root_relpath, "metric_htsv")
         metric_csv_path = os.path.join(root_relpath, "metric_csv")
         metric_hcsv_path = os.path.join(root_relpath, "metric_hcsv")
+        metric_json_ext_path = os.path.join(root_relpath, "metric_json_ext")
         for branch in ["bar", "baz", "foo"]:
             self.assertEqual(
                 set(metrics[branch].keys()),
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ class TestMetrics(TestDvc):
                     metric_htsv_path,
                     metric_csv_path,
                     metric_hcsv_path,
+                    metric_json_ext_path,
                 },
             )