diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/config.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/config.js
index 0853dd025e3..3446f8b1771 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/config.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const fs = require('fs')
-const jp = require('jsonpath-plus')
 const os = require('os')
 const uuid = require('crypto-randomuuid') // we need to keep the old uuid dep because of cypress
 const URL = require('url').URL
@@ -122,23 +121,14 @@ function validateNamingVersion (versionString) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Given a string of comma-separated paths, return the array of paths if
- * all paths are valid JSON paths, or undefined if any path is invalid.
+ * Given a string of comma-separated paths, return the array of paths.
  *
  * @param {string} input
- * @returns {[string] | undefined}
+ * @returns {[string]}
  */
-function validJSONPathsOrUndef (input) {
+function splitJSONPathRules (input) {
   if (input === 'all') return []
-  const rules = input.split(',')
-  for (const rule of rules) {
-    try {
-      jp.parse(rule)
-    } catch (e) {
-      return undefined
-    }
-  }
-  return rules
+  return input.split(',')
 }
 
 // Shallow clone with property name remapping
@@ -310,14 +300,14 @@ class Config {
       null
     )
 
-    const DD_TRACE_CLOUD_REQUEST_PAYLOAD_TAGGING = validJSONPathsOrUndef(
+    const DD_TRACE_CLOUD_REQUEST_PAYLOAD_TAGGING = splitJSONPathRules(
       coalesce(
         process.env.DD_TRACE_CLOUD_REQUEST_PAYLOAD_TAGGING,
         options.cloudPayloadTagging?.request,
         ''
       ))
 
-    const DD_TRACE_CLOUD_RESPONSE_PAYLOAD_TAGGING = validJSONPathsOrUndef(
+    const DD_TRACE_CLOUD_RESPONSE_PAYLOAD_TAGGING = splitJSONPathRules(
       coalesce(
         process.env.DD_TRACE_CLOUD_RESPONSE_PAYLOAD_TAGGING,
         options.cloudPayloadTagging?.response,
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/payload-tagging/index.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/payload-tagging/index.js
index 86a12c049b7..06ccea604db 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/payload-tagging/index.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/payload-tagging/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const {
   PAYLOAD_TAG_RESPONSE_PREFIX
 } = require('../constants')
 
-const jsonpath = require('jsonpath-plus')
+const jsonpath = require('jsonpath-plus').JSONPath
 
 const { tagsFromObject } = require('./tagging')
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const { tagsFromObject } = require('./tagging')
  * @param {any} value
  * @returns {any} the parsed object if parsing was successful, the input if not
  */
-function expandValue (value) {
+function maybeJSONParseValue (value) {
   if (typeof value === 'string') {
     try {
       return JSON.parse(value)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function expandValue (value) {
  */
 function expand (object, expansionRules) {
   for (const rule of expansionRules) {
-    jsonpath.apply(object, rule, expandValue)
+    jsonpath(rule, object, maybeJSONParseValue)
   }
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function expand (object, expansionRules) {
  */
 function redact (object, redactionRules) {
   for (const rule of redactionRules) {
-    jsonpath.apply(object, rule, () => 'redacted')
+    jsonpath(rule, object, () => 'redacted')
   }
 }