diff --git a/changelog/15593.txt b/changelog/15593.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..01d749f43ead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/15593.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+auth/jwt: Adds ability to use JSON pointer syntax for the `user_claim` value.
+```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 39d2c3275764..2a7cd20740c4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-centrify v0.11.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-cf v0.11.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-gcp v0.13.0
-	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-jwt v0.12.1
+	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-jwt v0.13.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kerberos v0.6.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kubernetes v0.12.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-oci v0.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7935ccfc138f..fdfb02a2cc89 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -974,8 +974,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-cf v0.11.0 h1:W8KkpZv8AHM9eMYrTgCmc9aKac/
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-cf v0.11.0/go.mod h1:4HM4amMEcCyoLZNNjyz5AYILIlhMLTErxrinM3Vopy4=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-gcp v0.13.0 h1:tEnviQV4EqHi+JlqJ369RAJGxXXgq+9s1JP6HBjl348=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-gcp v0.13.0/go.mod h1:tHtTF/qQmrRrY5DEOxWxoW/y5Wk9VoHsBOC339RO3d8=
-github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-jwt v0.12.1 h1:F8aNPecN7Bihyndku9g1XrGOy4ioQM8JE+Uhg/e8nFY=
-github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-jwt v0.12.1/go.mod h1:+WL5kaq/0L5OROsA31X15U8yTIX4GTEv1rTLA9d15eo=
+github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-jwt v0.13.0 h1:BeMC4ZnP8iwRgL8vInEvCICA6e+iiDtkmOdNYKg3aGQ=
+github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-jwt v0.13.0/go.mod h1:+WL5kaq/0L5OROsA31X15U8yTIX4GTEv1rTLA9d15eo=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kerberos v0.6.0 h1:5GiKYqA8NTW9QPA1gahok2CVTKwa50lccB30i3GLffk=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kerberos v0.6.0/go.mod h1:eqjae8tMBpAWgJNk1NjV/vtJYXQRZnYudUkBFowz3bY=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-auth-kubernetes v0.12.0 h1:cetbTsqlvx8JMoLxDn8+Jq8mJM5A2dicNSaCL+9l7wo=