diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 04290019f5..c74e2554c4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.5.0+incompatible
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.9.0+incompatible
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.2.1-0.20200730175230-ee2de8da5be6
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v0.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1a6eec32fb..1bb7a9a891 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v0.0.0-20190815234213-e83c0a1c26c8/go.mod h1:pmLOTb3x90VhIKxsA9yeQG5yfOkkKnkk1h+Ql8NDYDw=
 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/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 h1:hsms1Qyu0jgnwNXIxa+/V/PDsU6CfLf6CNO8H7IWoS4=