diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 209757bba3..fde9ac710c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dave/dst v0.27.3
 	github.com/dave/jennifer v1.7.0
 	github.com/dlespiau/kube-test-harness v0.0.0-20200915102055-a03579200ae8
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
 	github.com/github-release/github-release v0.10.0
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f28321e58e..6ef74c4b49 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -954,8 +954,8 @@ github.com/ettle/strcase v0.1.1/go.mod h1:hzDLsPC7/lwKyBOywSHEP89nt2pDgdy+No1NBA
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.7.0+incompatible h1:vgGkfT/9f8zE6tvSCe74nfpAVDQ2tG6yudJd8LBksgI=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.7.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0 h1:nJqP7uwL84RJInrohHfW0Fx3awjbm8qZeFv0nW9SYGc=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
+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/evertras/bubble-table v0.15.2 h1:hVj27V9tk5TD5p6mVv0RK/KJu2sHq0U+mBMux/HptkU=
 github.com/evertras/bubble-table v0.15.2/go.mod h1:SPOZKbIpyYWPHBNki3fyNpiPBQkvkULAtOT7NTD5fKY=
 github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d h1:105gxyaGwCFad8crR9dcMQWvV9Hvulu6hwUh4tWPJnM=