diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 04997d7..cb8633a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1174,12 +1174,24 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b1fb8864823fad91877e6caea0baca82e49e8db50f8e5c9f9a453e27d3330fc"
 dependencies = [
- "jsonptr",
+ "jsonptr 0.4.7",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "json-patch"
+version = "4.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7421438de105a0827e44fadd05377727847d717c80ce29a229f85fd04c427b72"
+dependencies = [
+ "jsonptr 0.7.1",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jsonpath-rust"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -1206,6 +1218,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonptr"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a5a3cc660ba5d72bce0b3bb295bf20847ccbb40fd423f3f05b61273672e561fe"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "k8s-openapi"
 version = "0.23.0"
@@ -1281,7 +1303,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "form_urlencoded",
  "http",
- "json-patch",
+ "json-patch 2.0.0",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
@@ -1317,8 +1339,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "derivative",
  "futures",
  "hashbrown 0.14.5",
- "json-patch",
- "jsonptr",
+ "json-patch 2.0.0",
+ "jsonptr 0.4.7",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube-client",
  "parking_lot",
@@ -2190,7 +2212,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "futures",
- "json-patch",
+ "json-patch 4.2.0",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube",
  "rand",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 493417e..3a0fd44 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 
 # JSON patching for status updates
-json-patch = "2.0"
+json-patch = "4.2"
 
 # Schema generation
 schemars = "0.8"