diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 8fb4d36808..734ccf7d92 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ replace sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-vsphere => ../
 require (
 	github.com/dougm/pretty v0.0.0-20171025230240-2ee9d7453c02
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.2
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index e000c35086..2a3ffe8e58 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.11.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQL
 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/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:G79N1coSVB93tBe7j6PhzjmR3/2VvlbKOFpnXhI9Bw4=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0 h1:nJqP7uwL84RJInrohHfW0Fx3awjbm8qZeFv0nW9SYGc=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 h1:kcBlZQbplgElYIlo/n1hJbls2z/1awpXxpRi0/FOJfg=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 h1:NFTV2Zj1bL4mc9sqWACXbQFVBBg2W3GPvqp8/ESS2Wg=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=