diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0c6bbbce..fffb6fcf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 		<jackson.version>2.4.3</jackson.version>
 		<jaxrs.version>1.0</jaxrs.version>
 		<minidevjson.version>2.1.0</minidevjson.version>
-		<jsonpath.version>1.2.0</jsonpath.version>
+		<jsonpath.version>0.9.1</jsonpath.version>
 		<objenesis.version>2.1</objenesis.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.10</slf4j.version>
 		<evo.version>1.2.1</evo.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/JsonPathLinkDiscoverer.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/JsonPathLinkDiscoverer.java
index 7a10fce3..1c340dd8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/JsonPathLinkDiscoverer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/JsonPathLinkDiscoverer.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package org.springframework.hateoas.core;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.LinkDiscoverer;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.InvalidPathException;
@@ -40,6 +43,29 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
  */
 public class JsonPathLinkDiscoverer implements LinkDiscoverer {
 
+	private static Method compileMethod;
+	private static Object emptyFilters;
+
+	static {
+
+		// Reflective bridging between JsonPath 0.9.x and 1.x
+		for (Method candidate : JsonPath.class.getMethods()) {
+
+			if (candidate.getName().equals("compile")) {
+
+				Class<?>[] paramTypes = candidate.getParameterTypes();
+
+				if (paramTypes.length == 2 && paramTypes[0].equals(String.class) && paramTypes[1].isArray()) {
+					compileMethod = candidate;
+					emptyFilters = Array.newInstance(paramTypes[1].getComponentType(), 0);
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		Assert.state(compileMethod != null, "Unexpected JsonPath API - no compile(String, ...) method found");
+	}
+
 	private final String pathTemplate;
 	private final MediaType mediaType;
 
@@ -119,7 +145,7 @@ public class JsonPathLinkDiscoverer implements LinkDiscoverer {
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	private JsonPath getExpression(String rel) {
-		return JsonPath.compile(String.format(pathTemplate, rel));
+		return (JsonPath) ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(compileMethod, null, String.format(pathTemplate, rel), emptyFilters);
 	}
 
 	/**