The invention relates to the technical field of jacquards, and especially relates to a novel vertical needle. The novel vertical needle comprises a long needle stem, a short needle stem, a fixing sheet, hooks and a convex staff, the fixing sheet is arranged between the long needle stem and the short needle stem, the top of each of the long needle stem and the short needle stem is provided with one hook, and the convex staff is arranged below the hook of the long needle stem, and the long needle stem is provided with a needle stopping hook and an off-line hook. The novel vertical needle has the advantages of simple, compact and reasonable structure, convenient and fast assembling, reliable connection, stable and reliable motion, convenient maintenance, small required transverse needle thrust, sensitive motion, high work stiffness, solving of the easy deformation problem of the continuous lifting of a vertical needle, prolonged service life, substantially improved work reliability, and easy use popularization.