diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8f0f851264..58cfbcac05 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.21.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible // Using v4 to match upstream
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.1
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b90ddac16d..240fe51d44 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ 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/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 v5.8.0 h1:lRj6N9Nci7MvzrXuX6HFzU8XjmhPiXPlsKEy1u0KQro=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.1 h1:iPEdwg0XayoS+E7Mth9JxwUtOgyVxnDTXHtKhZPlZxA=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.1/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.3 h1:s/nj+GCswXYzN5v2DpNMuMQYe+0DDwt5WVCU6CWBdXk=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.3/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=