diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 987794259..25ac33c07 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.2.0+incompatible
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.5.0+incompatible
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v0.1.1
 	github.com/gobuffalo/depgen v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d132ce30b..2269c40bb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ github.com/emicklei/go-restful v0.0.0-20170410110728-ff4f55a20633/go.mod h1:otzb
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.2.0+incompatible h1:fUDGZCv/7iAN7u0puUVhvKCcsR6vRfwrJatElLBEf0I=
 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/fatih/structs v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9NiDSp5zOcgEDl+j00MP/WkGVPOlPRLejGD8Ga6PJ7M=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v0.0.0-20150909031657-73d445a93680/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=