diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6835144b5..45ecb54b1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20240114225744-c9c2aecc731b
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240111211623-02a41040d88d
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20240111214841-fbee7b86e8a2
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20240111212147-fb1e77b99241
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20240118092131-aa81cb55f079
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20240112172947-d5ddea0e47af
 	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.0.0-20240111213024-93623d0a83ac
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.0
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ replace (
 	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20240114225744-c9c2aecc731b
 	k8s.io/apimachinery => k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240111211623-02a41040d88d
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime => k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20240111214841-fbee7b86e8a2
-	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20240111212147-fb1e77b99241
-	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20240115022731-e0047a82e158
+	k8s.io/client-go => k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20240118092131-aa81cb55f079
+	k8s.io/code-generator => k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20240116211422-70ef78956abf
 	k8s.io/component-base => k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20240112172947-d5ddea0e47af
 	k8s.io/component-helpers => k8s.io/component-helpers v0.0.0-20240111213024-93623d0a83ac
 	k8s.io/metrics => k8s.io/metrics v0.0.0-20240111214713-7e16510c7ec5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c64a0feed..5225d74af 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240111211623-02a41040d88d h1:3/zPMR6GopaaAWJTZvob/e
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240111211623-02a41040d88d/go.mod h1:TZi5dqCSETF0//y9r5QGBxc7W2udb08uXh6atA++S6Q=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20240111214841-fbee7b86e8a2 h1:KIUJZsM00aNnmsZgrjv521uRYgJWNsIiQXWYXGyBUbQ=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.0.0-20240111214841-fbee7b86e8a2/go.mod h1:UhluuBdyJ/2kqz2zakJet8rx2qgzKpH5MdTuHP1DD9A=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20240111212147-fb1e77b99241 h1:ptuJm4+/UW4OAXQq3H8tU0Mau5zsy0JsdK2oZLsrYe4=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20240111212147-fb1e77b99241/go.mod h1:B4ZkmfpCL1KtqmMTMnauyvTmVOirVaiWhDpbzuOi1Hg=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20240118092131-aa81cb55f079 h1:OUOuImKaT5CAaXQKtil1TGER6bMwTQW2YhXK/68y0j8=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.0.0-20240118092131-aa81cb55f079/go.mod h1:RHFbuYYVOW+tqnpm2Bvn3TrprsmyfSrWCkThHfNfMTs=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20240112172947-d5ddea0e47af h1:bJSaAg0h8WGd7ikCLu6f3Sk5dCpmdVVJHOpZSSdjnMw=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.0.0-20240112172947-d5ddea0e47af/go.mod h1:Thds9qLVzSOQnlg48NUrI852KTAXfgCPELf8JVSjVwE=
 k8s.io/component-helpers v0.0.0-20240111213024-93623d0a83ac h1:CFbMxJn92tD4U7dO5xM/xvusZkVXbqSHHgxmdgFeAgg=
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/util/helpers_test.go b/pkg/cmd/util/helpers_test.go
index 7cf0d7083..955532ca9 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/util/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/util/helpers_test.go
@@ -289,6 +289,26 @@ func TestJSONPatch(t *testing.T) {
 			fragment:  `[ {"op": "add", "path": "/metadata/labels/foo", "value": "bar"} ]`,
 			expectErr: true,
 		},
+		{
+			obj: &corev1.Pod{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:       "foo",
+					Finalizers: []string{"foo", "bar", "test"},
+				},
+			},
+			fragment: `[ {"op": "replace", "path": "/metadata/finalizers/-1", "value": "baz"} ]`,
+			expected: &corev1.Pod{
+				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+					Kind:       "Pod",
+					APIVersion: "v1",
+				},
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:       "foo",
+					Finalizers: []string{"foo", "bar", "baz"},
+				},
+				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	codec := runtime.NewCodec(scheme.DefaultJSONEncoder(),