diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a4c18546..ca894a20 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2
 	github.com/daviddengcn/go-colortext v1.0.0
 	github.com/distribution/reference v0.5.0
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible
 	github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d
 	github.com/fatih/camelcase v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.21.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 230e6338..60518119 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 h1:rAQeMHw1c7zTmncogyy8VvRZwtkmkZ4FxER
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 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/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d h1:105gxyaGwCFad8crR9dcMQWvV9Hvulu6hwUh4tWPJnM=
 github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20151013193312-d6023ce2651d/go.mod h1:ZZMPRZwes7CROmyNKgQzC3XPs6L/G2EJLHddWejkmf4=
 github.com/fatih/camelcase v1.0.0 h1:hxNvNX/xYBp0ovncs8WyWZrOrpBNub/JfaMvbURyft8=
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/annotate/annotate.go b/pkg/cmd/annotate/annotate.go
index aeeb5cea..63aa86bd 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/annotate/annotate.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/annotate/annotate.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
-	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	jsonpatch "gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/label/label.go b/pkg/cmd/label/label.go
index 39ef03f0..269e8e1a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/label/label.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/label/label.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
-	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	jsonpatch "gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/patch/patch.go b/pkg/cmd/patch/patch.go
index be303a53..594e9d08 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/patch/patch.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/patch/patch.go
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
-	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	jsonpatch "gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/util/editor/editoptions.go b/pkg/cmd/util/editor/editoptions.go
index 6ac8117e..2f60808f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/util/editor/editoptions.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/util/editor/editoptions.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ import (
 	goruntime "runtime"
 	"strings"
 
-	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	jsonpatch "gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go b/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go
index 2218b9f5..bd291a8c 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/util/helpers.go
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	jsonpatch "gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4"
 
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"