diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/jp/parse/parse.go b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/jp/parse/parse.go
index 1e567d385b..619db0642a 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/jp/parse/parse.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/jp/parse/parse.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	gojmespath "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+	gojmespath "github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/jp/query/query.go b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/jp/query/query.go
index 2fc95ad7e6..90dff0bf46 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/jp/query/query.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/jp/query/query.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
-	gojmespath "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+	gojmespath "github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/jmespath"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bfac68f03a..487ca723a3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.14.1-0.20230425172351-b7c6e9dc3944
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/authn/kubernetes v0.0.0-20230403180904-b8d1c0a1df12
 	github.com/in-toto/in-toto-golang v0.6.0
-	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0
 	github.com/jmoiron/jsonq v0.0.0-20150511023944-e874b168d07e
 	github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0
 	github.com/kataras/tablewriter v0.0.0-20180708051242-e063d29b7c23
+	github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath v0.4.1-0.20230705123211-d067dc3d6613
 	github.com/lensesio/tableprinter v0.0.0-20201125135848-89e81fc956e7
 	github.com/notaryproject/notation-core-go v1.0.0-rc.4
 	github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.0.0-rc.6
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jedisct1/go-minisign v0.0.0-20230211184525-1f273d8dc776 // indirect
 	github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v2 v2.11.1 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.3.5 // indirect
+	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 // indirect
@@ -334,5 +335,3 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.3 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
 )
-
-replace github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath => github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath v0.4.1-0.20230204162932-3ee946b9433d
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d8cd3e4680..da6426a71b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -836,6 +836,9 @@ github.com/jingyugao/rowserrcheck v0.0.0-20210315055705-d907ca737bb1/go.mod h1:T
 github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.3.5 h1:GlvfUwHk62RokgqVNvYsku0TATCF7bAHVwEXoBh3iJg=
 github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.3.5/go.mod h1:DfbEm0FYsaqBcKcFuvmOZb218JkPGtvSHsKg8S8hyyg=
 github.com/jirfag/go-printf-func-name v0.0.0-20200119135958-7558a9eaa5af/go.mod h1:HEWGJkRDzjJY2sqdDwxccsGicWEf9BQOZsq2tV+xzM0=
+github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
+github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 h1:BEgLn5cpjn8UN1mAw4NjwDrS35OdebyEtFe+9YPoQUg=
+github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0/go.mod h1:T8mJZnbsbmF+m6zOOFylbeCJqk5+pHWvzYPziyZiYoo=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1 h1:shLQSRRSCCPj3f2gpwzGwWFoC7ycTf1rcQZHOlsJ6N8=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:L3OGu8Wl2/fWfCI6z80xFu9LTZmf1ZRjMHUOPmWr69U=
 github.com/jmhodges/clock v1.2.0 h1:eq4kys+NI0PLngzaHEe7AmPT90XMGIEySD1JfV1PDIs=
@@ -901,8 +904,10 @@ github.com/kunwardeep/paralleltest v1.0.2/go.mod h1:ZPqNm1fVHPllh5LPVujzbVz1JN2G
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 h1:RPNrshWIDI6G2gRW9EHilWtl7Z6Sb1BR0xunSBf0SNc=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9/0rRGxNHcop5bhtWyNeEfOS8JIWk580+fNqagV/RAw=
 github.com/kyoh86/exportloopref v0.1.8/go.mod h1:1tUcJeiioIs7VWe5gcOObrux3lb66+sBqGZrRkMwPgg=
-github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath v0.4.1-0.20230204162932-3ee946b9433d h1:g63VNwOo6yYRY1n3mgF2ou4cjnwyonsIKqnbBM9pTRA=
-github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath v0.4.1-0.20230204162932-3ee946b9433d/go.mod h1:T8mJZnbsbmF+m6zOOFylbeCJqk5+pHWvzYPziyZiYoo=
+github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath v0.4.1-0.20230705123211-d067dc3d6613 h1:M0uOLuCAZydi/vZy7uvNhwaIge0HFMdfqQYOKw7kgnQ=
+github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath v0.4.1-0.20230705123211-d067dc3d6613/go.mod h1:yzDHaKovQy16rjN4kFnjF+IdNoN4p1ndw+va6+B8zUU=
+github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.2-0.20230630133209-945021c749d9 h1:lL311dF3a2aeNibJj8v+uhFU3XkvRHZmCtAdSPOrQYY=
+github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.2-0.20230630133209-945021c749d9/go.mod h1:XRxUGHIiCy1WYma1CdfdO1WOhIe8dLPTENaZr5D1ex4=
 github.com/ldez/gomoddirectives v0.2.1/go.mod h1:sGicqkRgBOg//JfpXwkB9Hj0X5RyJ7mlACM5B9f6Me4=
 github.com/ldez/tagliatelle v0.2.0/go.mod h1:8s6WJQwEYHbKZDsp/LjArytKOG8qaMrKQQ3mFukHs88=
 github.com/lensesio/tableprinter v0.0.0-20201125135848-89e81fc956e7 h1:k/1ku0yehLCPqERCHkIHMDqDg1R02AcCScRuHbamU3s=
diff --git a/pkg/engine/engine.go b/pkg/engine/engine.go
index 6449a46c37..3a16657c1d 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/engine.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	gojmespath "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+	gojmespath "github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath"
 	kyvernov1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno/v1"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/config"
 	engineapi "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/api"
diff --git a/pkg/engine/handlers/validation/validate_resource.go b/pkg/engine/handlers/validation/validate_resource.go
index c46ab2f70f..af4a395538 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/handlers/validation/validate_resource.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/handlers/validation/validate_resource.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	gojmespath "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+	gojmespath "github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath"
 	kyvernov1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno/v1"
 	engineapi "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/api"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/handlers"
diff --git a/pkg/engine/jmespath/functionentry.go b/pkg/engine/jmespath/functionentry.go
index 27eea74d29..cb702fe15d 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/jmespath/functionentry.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/jmespath/functionentry.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	gojmespath "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+	gojmespath "github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/pkg/engine/jmespath/functionentry_test.go b/pkg/engine/jmespath/functionentry_test.go
index 364aff6bcb..b2651adb2d 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/jmespath/functionentry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/jmespath/functionentry_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package jmespath
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	gojmespath "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+	gojmespath "github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath"
 )
 
 func TestFunctionEntry_String(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/engine/jmespath/functions.go b/pkg/engine/jmespath/functions.go
index d736aa2888..50e0c8dc3f 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/jmespath/functions.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/jmespath/functions.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	trunc "github.com/aquilax/truncate"
 	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
-	gojmespath "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+	gojmespath "github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/config"
 	imageutils "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/utils/image"
 	wildcard "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/utils/wildcard"
diff --git a/pkg/engine/jmespath/new.go b/pkg/engine/jmespath/new.go
index cefec5896f..a954b539f3 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/jmespath/new.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/jmespath/new.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package jmespath
 
 import (
-	gojmespath "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+	gojmespath "github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/config"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/engine/variables/errs.go b/pkg/engine/variables/errs.go
index 60641434e3..c19b540370 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/variables/errs.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/variables/errs.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package variables
 
 import (
-	"github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+	"github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath"
 	enginecontext "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/context"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/engine/variables/vars.go b/pkg/engine/variables/vars.go
index 67c1e4a10b..bfe33c24f0 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/variables/vars.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/variables/vars.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	gojmespath "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+	gojmespath "github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath"
 	kyvernov1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno/v1"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/anchor"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/context"
diff --git a/pkg/validation/policy/validate.go b/pkg/validation/policy/validate.go
index e26f8ce71c..049ffadff6 100644
--- a/pkg/validation/policy/validate.go
+++ b/pkg/validation/policy/validate.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/reference"
 	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5"
-	"github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/jsonq"
+	"github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno"
 	kyvernov1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/api/kyverno/v1"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/utils/common"