diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b76711d03..451110066 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.20
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0
 	github.com/bufbuild/buf v1.26.1
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.5
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.10.2 // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/fgprof v0.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect