diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4e5eb688da..8eb23f0cbe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch v1.5.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/elasticloadbalancingv2 v1.6.1
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.2.0
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.1-0.20190212211648-25d852aebe32
 	github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.19.5
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3784ded5aa..486c1c7962 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:MhmAMZ8V4CYH4ybgdR
 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/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.2.0 h1:8ozOH5xxoMYDt5/u+yMTsVXydVCbTORFnOOoq2lumco=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.2.0/go.mod h1:G79N1coSVB93tBe7j6PhzjmR3/2VvlbKOFpnXhI9Bw4=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 h1:b91NhWfaz02IuVxO9faSllyAtNXHMPkC5J8sJCLunww=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:G79N1coSVB93tBe7j6PhzjmR3/2VvlbKOFpnXhI9Bw4=
 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/facebookgo/ensure v0.0.0-20160127193407-b4ab57deab51/go.mod h1:Yg+htXGokKKdzcwhuNDwVvN+uBxDGXJ7G/VN1d8fa64=