diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c3cfc0117..cb5013c6d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache v0.0.0-20190329173943-551aad21a668
 	github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3 v3.0.2
 	github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.5.0+incompatible
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.9.0+incompatible
 	github.com/fluxcd/flux/pkg/install v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/fluxcd/helm-operator v1.0.0-rc6
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2e5d809ad..81b64ba3c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLi
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.5.0+incompatible h1:ouOWdg56aJriqS0huScTkVXPC5IcNrDCXZ6OoTAWu7M=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.5.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.9.0+incompatible h1:kLcOMZeuLAJvL2BPWLMIj5oaZQobrkAqrL+WFZwQses=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.9.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d/go.mod h1:ZZMPRZwes7CROmyNKgQzC3XPs6L/G2EJLHddWejkmf4=
 github.com/fatih/camelcase v1.0.0/go.mod h1:yN2Sb0lFhZJUdVvtELVWefmrXpuZESvPmqwoZc+/fpc=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0 h1:DkWD4oS2D8LGGgTQ6IvwJJXSL5Vp2ffcQg58nFV38Ys=