diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7bc43ce7..6a5979d2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260715232425-e75dac1f907d // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260715232425-e75dac1f907d // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af // indirect
-	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v5 v5.9.11 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260706235625-cdb1db5517a0 // indirect