diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 25bff4445f..ffe6e5b4d4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.27.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.74.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6
-	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v5 v5.9.11
 	k8s.io/api v0.33.3
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.33.3
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ require (
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ff // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f0bd65719f..f9289b6b3f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntN
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 h1:n6jtcsulIzXPJaxegRbvFNNrZDjbij7ny3gmSPG+6V4=
 gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0/go.mod h1:p8EYWUEYMpynmqDbY58zCKCFZw8pRWMG4EsWvDvM72M=
+gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v5 v5.9.11 h1:OMPeiLomOQwe8+Ku4nwXsdOmrRw2vGUpP3XgLj3ojNw=
+gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v5 v5.9.11/go.mod h1:/kvTRh1TVm5wuM6OkHxqXtE/1nUZZpihg29RtuIyfvk=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 h1:73M5CoZyi3ZLMOyDlQh031Cx6N9NDJ2Vvfl76EDAgDc=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 h1:Dgnx+6+nfE+IfzjUEISNeydPJh9AXNNsWbGP9KzCsOA=
diff --git a/internal/controller/provisioner/objects.go b/internal/controller/provisioner/objects.go
index 8a9d39c079..a54ee2ac73 100644
--- a/internal/controller/provisioner/objects.go
+++ b/internal/controller/provisioner/objects.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
-	jsonpatch "gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4"
+	jsonpatch "gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v5"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"