diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d3e9d244..30a3d783 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/openshift/managed-cluster-validating-webhooks
 go 1.25.7
 
 require (
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.1-0.20220118164431-d8423dcdf344
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.28.1
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 	github.com/openshift/custom-resource-status v1.1.3-0.20220503160415-f2fdb4999d87 // indirect
 	github.com/openshift/elasticsearch-operator v0.0.0-20241202183904-81cd6e70c15e // indirect
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e56d21d5..65c046f8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2 h1:DhwDP0vY3k8ZzE0RunuJy8GhNpPL6zqLkDf
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
-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 v5.9.11+incompatible h1:ixHHqfcGvxhWkniF1tWxBHA0yb4Z+d1UQi45df52xW8=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 h1:/8HVnzMq13/3x9TPvjG08wUGqBTmZBsCWzjTM0wiaDU=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11/go.mod h1:3j+LviiESTElxA4p3EMKAB9HXj3/XEtnUf6OZxqIQTM=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
@@ -203,7 +204,6 @@ github.com/openshift/operator-custom-metrics v0.5.1 h1:1pk4YMUV+cmqfV0f2fyxY62cl
 github.com/openshift/operator-custom-metrics v0.5.1/go.mod h1:0dYDHi/ubKRWzsC9MmW6bRMdBgo1QSOuAh3GupTe0Sw=
 github.com/openshift/osde2e-common v0.0.0-20231010150014-8a4449a371e6 h1:MPcnO0eeWEyjLBA4mMgJ8pv8u7DjKC7yS+a39R+zhqs=
 github.com/openshift/osde2e-common v0.0.0-20231010150014-8a4449a371e6/go.mod h1:lzmkYjtdf0EgPnoujLNAzorq/7vygGCcgceo/dQI1d0=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=