diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0a93718e4..1e49373d5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260316180232-0b37fe3546d5 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc/security/advancedtls v1.0.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 // 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
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.3 // indirect