diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9668a05f5..614671564 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-getter v1.7.5
 	github.com/jmespath-community/go-jmespath v1.1.2-0.20240627155901-bdbb290f571e
 	github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl v0.18.0
-	github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json v0.0.3
+	github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json v0.0.4-0.20240721204454-61c433c46e92
 	github.com/kyverno/pkg/ext v0.0.0-20240418121121-df8add26c55c
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.47.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 21223a7fc..f6a00fe26 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -481,8 +481,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl v0.18.0 h1:WeoxTamWd8AXVj6NWH1PCaV8CEXavaPJiExbm2J7bcI=
 github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl v0.18.0/go.mod h1:ZXR6RcZg9CBYvVPgd2eaGLn3o0ihSvYQOCvwaN+psaw=
-github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json v0.0.3 h1:EImI/YV41dG4hDQer/W0qMZHfxqul1yiHrBEXxFrkGM=
-github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json v0.0.3/go.mod h1:KUgXPXwUh0Sm/UgtHPomZAfEX8v79I3B5RZbUlzNihg=
+github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json v0.0.4-0.20240721204454-61c433c46e92 h1:Q36uQjX/r7LdKv04bdaManCjbbh4v35y5wkKU8TUIiM=
+github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json v0.0.4-0.20240721204454-61c433c46e92/go.mod h1:3LgZogzltja+Sx0o5CIa7d7+991v8sWXHskU0fWSOsQ=
 github.com/kyverno/pkg/ext v0.0.0-20240418121121-df8add26c55c h1:lAolpR9H8BwM5lRRvgCQ8JowswyxZRH+fgtIQzHFVCk=
 github.com/kyverno/pkg/ext v0.0.0-20240418121121-df8add26c55c/go.mod h1:02vxM0GNXz9+B/i6+rMfWAIwibUuAH+qFsd73IFskgQ=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 h1:UGYAvKxe3sBsEDzO8ZeWOSlIQfWFlxbzLZe7hwFURr0=
diff --git a/testdata/e2e/examples/quick-start/README.md b/testdata/e2e/examples/quick-start/README.md
index 388ff0b90..a49401048 100644
--- a/testdata/e2e/examples/quick-start/README.md
+++ b/testdata/e2e/examples/quick-start/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 | # | Name | Bindings | Try | Catch | Finally | Cleanup |
 |:-:|---|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
-| 1 | [step-1](#step-step-1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+| 1 | [step-1](#step-step-1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 
 ### Step: `step-1`
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 |:-:|---|:-:|:-:|---|
 | 1 | `apply` | 0 | 0 | *No description* |
 | 2 | `assert` | 0 | 0 | *No description* |
+| 3 | `error` | 0 | 0 | *No description* |
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/testdata/e2e/examples/quick-start/chainsaw-test.yaml b/testdata/e2e/examples/quick-start/chainsaw-test.yaml
index 33df19c83..6d82f7505 100644
--- a/testdata/e2e/examples/quick-start/chainsaw-test.yaml
+++ b/testdata/e2e/examples/quick-start/chainsaw-test.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,13 @@ spec:
     - assert:
         # file is relative to the test folder
         file: configmap.yaml
+    # this make sure a non-existent field cannot be compared to an empty object
+    - error:
+        resource:
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: ConfigMap
+          metadata:
+            name: chainsaw-quick-start
+          status:
+            vulnerabilitySummary:
+              severityCount: {}