diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0ce435a5ea06..533d1c903406 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
 	github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0
 	github.com/drone/envsubst/v2 v2.0.0-20210730161058-179042472c46
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
 	github.com/flatcar/container-linux-config-transpiler v0.9.4
 	github.com/flatcar/ignition v0.36.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 66ea54e2a945..3f8c45b00482 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.0.2 h1:QkIBuU5k+x7/QXPvPPnWXWlCdaBFApVqftFV6k087DA=
 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 v5.7.0 h1:nJqP7uwL84RJInrohHfW0Fx3awjbm8qZeFv0nW9SYGc=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 h1:kcBlZQbplgElYIlo/n1hJbls2z/1awpXxpRi0/FOJfg=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
 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=