diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 10208856e..beb67c5e4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.22.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c2a806d87..477cb6f0b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 h1:rAQeMHw1c7zTmncogyy8VvRZwtkmkZ4FxER
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible h1:4onqiflcdA9EOZ4RxV643DvftH5pOlLGNtQ5lPWQu84=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 h1:/8HVnzMq13/3x9TPvjG08wUGqBTmZBsCWzjTM0wiaDU=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11/go.mod h1:3j+LviiESTElxA4p3EMKAB9HXj3/XEtnUf6OZxqIQTM=
 github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d h1:105gxyaGwCFad8crR9dcMQWvV9Hvulu6hwUh4tWPJnM=
 github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d/go.mod h1:ZZMPRZwes7CROmyNKgQzC3XPs6L/G2EJLHddWejkmf4=
 github.com/fatih/camelcase v1.0.0 h1:hxNvNX/xYBp0ovncs8WyWZrOrpBNub/JfaMvbURyft8=
diff --git a/pkg/diff/diff.go b/pkg/diff/diff.go
index 87b1256fb..6795e4a42 100644
--- a/pkg/diff/diff.go
+++ b/pkg/diff/diff.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 
-	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
+	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"