diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index da6587ec..ab27d85c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/container-storage-interface/spec v1.8.0
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 62f21c33..449d1045 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1m
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.9-0.20201210154907-fd9021fe5dad/go.mod h1:cXg6YxExXjJnVBQHBLXeUAgxn2UodCpnH306RInaBQk=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.9-0.20210512163311-63b5d3c536b0/go.mod h1:hliV/p42l8fGbc6Y9bQ70uLwIvmJyVE5k4iMKlh8wCQ=
 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 v5.6.0+incompatible h1:jBYDEEiFBPxA0v50tFdvOzQQTCvpL6mnFh5mB2/l16U=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/flowstack/go-jsonschema v0.1.1/go.mod h1:yL7fNggx1o8rm9RlgXv7hTBWxdBM0rVwpMwimd3F3N0=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 h1:n+5WquG0fcWoWp6xPWfHdbskMCQaFnG6PfBrh1Ky4HY=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch/patch.go b/vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch/patch.go
index dc2b7e51..4bce5936 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch/patch.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch/patch.go
@@ -568,29 +568,6 @@ func (p Patch) replace(doc *container, op Operation) error {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "replace operation failed to decode path")
 	}
 
-	if path == "" {
-		val := op.value()
-
-		if val.which == eRaw {
-			if !val.tryDoc() {
-				if !val.tryAry() {
-					return errors.Wrapf(err, "replace operation value must be object or array")
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		switch val.which {
-		case eAry:
-			*doc = &val.ary
-		case eDoc:
-			*doc = &val.doc
-		case eRaw:
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "replace operation hit impossible case")
-		}
-
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	con, key := findObject(doc, path)
 
 	if con == nil {
@@ -657,25 +634,6 @@ func (p Patch) test(doc *container, op Operation) error {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "test operation failed to decode path")
 	}
 
-	if path == "" {
-		var self lazyNode
-
-		switch sv := (*doc).(type) {
-		case *partialDoc:
-			self.doc = *sv
-			self.which = eDoc
-		case *partialArray:
-			self.ary = *sv
-			self.which = eAry
-		}
-
-		if self.equal(op.value()) {
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		return errors.Wrapf(ErrTestFailed, "testing value %s failed", path)
-	}
-
 	con, key := findObject(doc, path)
 
 	if con == nil {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 843cc53d..bbbc5f65 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew
 ## explicit; go 1.13
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3/log
-# github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible
+# github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible
 ## explicit
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch
 # github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0