diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 830abe1..d06d5f1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -287,6 +287,15 @@ version = "2.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "327762f6e5a765692301e5bb513e0d9fef63be86bbc14528052b1cd3e6f03e07"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "block-buffer"
+version = "0.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3078c7629b62d3f0439517fa394996acacc5cbc91c5a20d8c658e77abd503a71"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.14.0"
@@ -381,6 +390,25 @@ version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e496a50fda8aacccc86d7529e2c1e0892dbd0f898a6b5645b5561b89c3210efa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cpufeatures"
+version = "0.2.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53fe5e26ff1b7aef8bca9c6080520cfb8d9333c7568e1829cef191a9723e5504"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crypto-common"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+ "typenum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.20.9"
@@ -431,6 +459,16 @@ version = "0.1.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "56254986775e3233ffa9c4d7d3faaf6d36a2c09d30b20687e9f88bc8bafc16c8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "digest"
+version = "0.10.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
+dependencies = [
+ "block-buffer",
+ "crypto-common",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
 version = "5.0.1"
@@ -489,6 +527,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fluent-uri"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "17c704e9dbe1ddd863da1e6ff3567795087b1eb201ce80d8fa81162e1516500d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -624,6 +671,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "0.14.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.11"
@@ -697,6 +754,30 @@ version = "0.14.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "290f1a1d9242c78d09ce40a5e87e7554ee637af1351968159f4952f028f75604"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "headers"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "322106e6bd0cba2d5ead589ddb8150a13d7c4217cf80d7c4f682ca994ccc6aa9"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.5",
+ "bytes",
+ "headers-core",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "httpdate",
+ "mime",
+ "sha1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "headers-core"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54b4a22553d4242c49fddb9ba998a99962b5cc6f22cb5a3482bec22522403ce4"
+dependencies = [
+ "http 1.1.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -822,6 +903,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "want",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-http-proxy"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d06dbdfbacf34d996c6fb540a71a684a7aae9056c71951163af8a8a4c07b9a4"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "headers",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "hyper 1.3.1",
+ "hyper-rustls",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustls-native-certs",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.26.0",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-rustls"
 version = "0.27.1"
@@ -956,14 +1057,25 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "json-patch"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "55ff1e1486799e3f64129f8ccad108b38290df9cd7015cd31bed17239f0789d6"
+checksum = "5b1fb8864823fad91877e6caea0baca82e49e8db50f8e5c9f9a453e27d3330fc"
 dependencies = [
+ "jsonptr",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
- "treediff",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonptr"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1c6e529149475ca0b2820835d3dce8fcc41c6b943ca608d32f35b449255e4627"
+dependencies = [
+ "fluent-uri",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -982,9 +1094,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube"
-version = "0.91.0"
+version = "0.92.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "264461a7ebf4fb0fcf23e4c7e4f9387c5696ee61d003de207d9b5a895ff37bfa"
+checksum = "12dc4487eda98835dcaa7ac92a14165446db29dbd67a743c79fe9f41bf38ee72"
 dependencies = [
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube-client",
@@ -994,11 +1106,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-client"
-version = "0.91.0"
+version = "0.92.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "47164ad6c47398ee4bdf90509c7b44026229721cb1377eb4623a1ec2a00a85e9"
+checksum = "408f35eab36927d3b883e4ad54c3080ea8c49f899ac84a7856e7182e4ee3b392"
 dependencies = [
  "http 1.1.0",
+ "hyper-http-proxy",
  "hyper-rustls",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube-core",
@@ -1012,9 +1125,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-core"
-version = "0.91.0"
+version = "0.92.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2797d3044a238825432129cd9537e12c2a6dacbbb5352381af5ea55e1505ed4f"
+checksum = "f776624097c1e09e72eb1e9e0c2bb5d17d97c27a6a87734390a9fba246a8f67f"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "form_urlencoded",
@@ -1029,9 +1142,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-derive"
-version = "0.91.0"
+version = "0.92.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fcf837edaa0c478f85e9a3cddb17fa80d58a57c1afa722b3a9e55753ea162f41"
+checksum = "8ae07adfd7d21b7fa582789206391243f98e155b46c806eb494839569853bcfd"
 dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -1164,6 +1277,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "axum-test",
  "envtestkit",
  "json-patch",
+ "jsonptr",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube",
  "log",
@@ -2027,6 +2141,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha1"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3bf829a2d51ab4a5ddf1352d8470c140cadc8301b2ae1789db023f01cedd6ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sharded-slab"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -2540,21 +2665,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "treediff"
-version = "4.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "52984d277bdf2a751072b5df30ec0377febdb02f7696d64c2d7d54630bac4303"
-dependencies = [
- "serde_json",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "try-lock"
 version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3528ecfd12c466c6f163363caf2d02a71161dd5e1cc6ae7b34207ea2d42d81ed"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typenum"
+version = "1.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42ff0bf0c66b8238c6f3b578df37d0b7848e55df8577b3f74f92a69acceeb825"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicase"
 version = "2.7.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 21abe1b..b859d94 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 anyhow = "1.0.86"
 axum = { version = "0.7.5", features = ["tracing", "http2", "macros"] }
 axum-server = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["rustls", "tls-rustls"] }
-json-patch = "1.2.0"
+json-patch = "2.0.0"
 k8s-openapi = { version = "0.22.0", default-features = false, features = ["v1_24", "schemars"] }
-kube = { version = "0.91.0", features = ["rustls-tls", "admission", "jsonpatch", "derive"], default-features = false }
+kube = { version = "0.92.0", features = ["rustls-tls", "admission", "jsonpatch", "derive"], default-features = false }
 log = { version = "0.4.21", features = ["kv_unstable", "serde", "kv_unstable_serde"] }
 schemars = { version = "0.8.21", features = ["derive_json_schema"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.203", features = ["serde_derive", "derive"] }
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["opentelemetry-http"] }
 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = "0.15.0"
 opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.23.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
 schematic = "0.16.4"
+jsonptr = "0.4.7"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 axum-test = "15.2.0"
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 13ab25c..bcb4b82 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -2,21 +2,16 @@
   "nodes": {
     "crane": {
       "inputs": {
-        "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
-        "flake-utils": [
-          "flake-utils"
-        ],
         "nixpkgs": [
           "nixpkgs"
-        ],
-        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
+        ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1686186025,
-        "narHash": "sha256-SuQjKsO1G87qM5j8VNtq6kIw4ILYE03Y8yL/FoKwR+4=",
+        "lastModified": 1717025063,
+        "narHash": "sha256-dIubLa56W9sNNz0e8jGxrX3CAkPXsq7snuFA/Ie6dn8=",
         "owner": "ipetkov",
         "repo": "crane",
-        "rev": "057d95721ee67d421391dda7031977d247ddec28",
+        "rev": "480dff0be03dac0e51a8dfc26e882b0d123a450e",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -25,32 +20,16 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "flake-compat": {
-      "flake": false,
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1673956053,
-        "narHash": "sha256-4gtG9iQuiKITOjNQQeQIpoIB6b16fm+504Ch3sNKLd8=",
-        "owner": "edolstra",
-        "repo": "flake-compat",
-        "rev": "35bb57c0c8d8b62bbfd284272c928ceb64ddbde9",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "edolstra",
-        "repo": "flake-compat",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "flake-utils": {
       "inputs": {
         "systems": "systems"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1685518550,
-        "narHash": "sha256-o2d0KcvaXzTrPRIo0kOLV0/QXHhDQ5DTi+OxcjO8xqY=",
+        "lastModified": 1710146030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
         "owner": "numtide",
         "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "a1720a10a6cfe8234c0e93907ffe81be440f4cef",
+        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -61,11 +40,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1686327234,
-        "narHash": "sha256-wbCiKLU+V3nNnCgtRnw4RvYyL7mZoU4mi3Z6UtyorpU=",
+        "lastModified": 1717151749,
+        "narHash": "sha256-cf/DCdZjfKUjb/2xKGFxxEKgJzkIROJj20uaAnY5/EI=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "a175ac6ba894f5775b4fd95eabaa2cfff5b4a419",
+        "rev": "2dc0bf5786f1fcc0445013249c48f207312b7c8d",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -79,35 +58,10 @@
         "crane": "crane",
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
-        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay_2"
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
       }
     },
     "rust-overlay": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "flake-utils": [
-          "crane",
-          "flake-utils"
-        ],
-        "nixpkgs": [
-          "crane",
-          "nixpkgs"
-        ]
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1685759304,
-        "narHash": "sha256-I3YBH6MS3G5kGzNuc1G0f9uYfTcNY9NYoRc3QsykLk4=",
-        "owner": "oxalica",
-        "repo": "rust-overlay",
-        "rev": "c535b4f3327910c96dcf21851bbdd074d0760290",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "oxalica",
-        "repo": "rust-overlay",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "rust-overlay_2": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-utils": [
           "flake-utils"
@@ -117,11 +71,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1686277999,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Lko8PiXN8ecQSlFsn/7V5fyoUtb1H5zyMpe73hLmSis=",
+        "lastModified": 1717121863,
+        "narHash": "sha256-/3sxIe7MZqF/jw1RTQCSmgTjwVod43mmrk84m50MJQ4=",
         "owner": "oxalica",
         "repo": "rust-overlay",
-        "rev": "f46177d472fc5b754fd5ad382ae8a31a10979750",
+        "rev": "2a7b53172ed08f856b8382d7dcfd36a4e0cbd866",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/src/mutators.rs b/src/mutators.rs
index a3b7a9e..33db7a3 100644
--- a/src/mutators.rs
+++ b/src/mutators.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use crate::aiven_object::AivenObject;
+use crate::settings::AppConfig;
 use json_patch::PatchOperation;
+use jsonptr::Pointer;
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use tracing::{debug, info, instrument};
 
-use crate::aiven_object::AivenObject;
-use crate::settings::AppConfig;
-
 #[instrument(skip_all)]
 pub fn add_location(
 	location: String,
@@ -106,11 +107,17 @@ pub fn add_project_vpc_id(
 }
 
 fn add_patch(path: String, value: Value) -> PatchOperation {
-	PatchOperation::Add(json_patch::AddOperation { path, value })
+	PatchOperation::Add(json_patch::AddOperation {
+		path: Pointer::from_str(&path).unwrap(),
+		value,
+	})
 }
 
 fn replace_patch(path: String, value: Value) -> PatchOperation {
-	PatchOperation::Replace(json_patch::ReplaceOperation { path, value })
+	PatchOperation::Replace(json_patch::ReplaceOperation {
+		path: Pointer::from_str(&path).unwrap(),
+		value,
+	})
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -272,15 +279,17 @@ mod tests {
 			.clone()
 			.into_iter()
 			.map(|p| match p {
-				PatchOperation::Add(add) => {
-					("add", add.path, add.value.as_str().unwrap().to_string())
-				},
+				PatchOperation::Add(add) => (
+					"add",
+					add.path.to_string(),
+					add.value.as_str().unwrap().to_string(),
+				),
 				PatchOperation::Replace(replace) => (
 					"replace",
-					replace.path,
+					replace.path.to_string(),
 					replace.value.as_str().unwrap().to_string(),
 				),
-				_ => ("invalid", "invalid".to_string(), String::new()),
+				_ => panic!(),
 			})
 			.collect()
 	}