diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 541e649..f93b0d8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/stackrox/k8s-overlay-patch
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.53.3
 	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ad2d719..54f0363 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ github.com/ettle/strcase v0.1.1 h1:htFueZyVeE1XNnMEfbqp5r67qAN/4r6ya1ysq8Q+Zcw=
 github.com/ettle/strcase v0.1.1/go.mod h1:hzDLsPC7/lwKyBOywSHEP89nt2pDgdy+No1NBA9o9VY=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 h1:b91NhWfaz02IuVxO9faSllyAtNXHMPkC5J8sJCLunww=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:G79N1coSVB93tBe7j6PhzjmR3/2VvlbKOFpnXhI9Bw4=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 h1:kcBlZQbplgElYIlo/n1hJbls2z/1awpXxpRi0/FOJfg=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 h1:kOqh6YHBtK8aywxGerMG2Eq3H6Qgoqeo13Bk2Mv/nBs=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0/go.mod h1:0h5ZqXfHYED7Bhv2ZJamyIOUej9KtShiJESRwBDUSsw=
 github.com/fatih/structtag v1.2.0 h1:/OdNE99OxoI/PqaW/SuSK9uxxT3f/tcSZgon/ssNSx4=