diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 80001b1f8c..b30fa0f276 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/elasticloadbalancingv2 v1.26.7
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/bombsimon/logrusr/v4 v4.1.0
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.1
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5b4b5431ad..0fccf745fe 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch v0.0.0-20200808040245-162e5629780b/go.mod h1:NAJj0
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible h1:jBYDEEiFBPxA0v50tFdvOzQQTCvpL6mnFh5mB2/l16U=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+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/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20210407135951-1de76d718b3f h1:Wl78ApPPB2Wvf/TIe2xdyJxTlb6obmF18d8QdkxNDu4=
 github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20210407135951-1de76d718b3f/go.mod h1:OSYXu++VVOHnXeitef/D8n/6y4QV8uLHSFXX4NeXMGc=
 github.com/facebookgo/ensure v0.0.0-20160127193407-b4ab57deab51/go.mod h1:Yg+htXGokKKdzcwhuNDwVvN+uBxDGXJ7G/VN1d8fa64=