diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 52a6728..e6b4226 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.30.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v5 v5.9.11 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912 // indirect