diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 61d6df975f5..f03e96b12c7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity v1.7.0
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob v1.2.0
 	github.com/brianvoe/gofakeit/v6 v6.25.0
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.0+incompatible
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.13.0
 	github.com/grafana/gomemcache v0.0.0-20240229205252-cd6a66d6fb56
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e725b02bfe4..7b77b51e060 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.12.0/go.mod h1:ZBTaoJ23lqITozF0M6G4/Ir
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.0.4 h1:gVPz/FMfvh57HdSJQyvBtF00j8JU4zdyUgIUNhlgg0A=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.0.4/go.mod h1:qys6tmnRsYrQqIhm2bvKZH4Blx/1gTIZ2UKVY1M+Yew=
-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 v5.9.0+incompatible h1:fBXyNpNMuTTDdquAq/uisOr2lShz4oaXpDTX2bLe7ls=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/expr-lang/expr v1.16.2 h1:JvMnzUs3LeVHBvGFcXYmXo+Q6DPDmzrlcSBO6Wy3w4s=
 github.com/expr-lang/expr v1.16.2/go.mod h1:uCkhfG+x7fcZ5A5sXHKuQ07jGZRl6J0FCAaf2k4PtVQ=
 github.com/facette/natsort v0.0.0-20181210072756-2cd4dd1e2dcb h1:IT4JYU7k4ikYg1SCxNI1/Tieq/NFvh6dzLdgi7eu0tM=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch/README.md b/vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch/README.md
index 28e35169375..97e319b21bf 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch/README.md
+++ b/vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 well as for calculating & applying [RFC7396 JSON merge patches](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7396).
 
 [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/evanphx/json-patch?status.svg)](http://godoc.org/github.com/evanphx/json-patch)
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/evanphx/json-patch.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/evanphx/json-patch)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/evanphx/json-patch/actions/workflows/go.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/evanphx/json-patch/actions/workflows/go.yml)
 [![Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/evanphx/json-patch)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/evanphx/json-patch)
 
 # Get It!
@@ -314,4 +314,4 @@ go test -cover ./...
 ```
 
 Builds for pull requests are tested automatically 
-using [TravisCI](https://travis-ci.org/evanphx/json-patch).
+using [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/evanphx/json-patch/actions/workflows/go.yml).
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch/patch.go b/vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch/patch.go
index 4bce5936d50..cd0274e1e4a 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch/patch.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/evanphx/json-patch/patch.go
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func findObject(pd *container, path string) (container, string) {
 
 		next, ok := doc.get(decodePatchKey(part))
 
-		if next == nil || ok != nil {
+		if next == nil || ok != nil || next.raw == nil {
 			return nil, ""
 		}
 
@@ -568,6 +568,29 @@ 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 {
@@ -634,6 +657,25 @@ 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 {
@@ -646,7 +688,7 @@ func (p Patch) test(doc *container, op Operation) error {
 	}
 
 	if val == nil {
-		if op.value().raw == nil {
+		if op.value() == nil || op.value().raw == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
 		return errors.Wrapf(ErrTestFailed, "testing value %s failed", path)
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 4ac38306996..021e6cd3702 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ github.com/eapache/queue
 # github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.1.0
 ## explicit; go 1.17
 github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go
-# github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible
+# github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.0+incompatible
 ## explicit
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch
 # github.com/expr-lang/expr v1.16.2