diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 346c3830..172dacdf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	k8s.io/api v0.30.1
+	k8s.io/api v0.31.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.1
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.1
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.1
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.31.1
 )
 
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.31.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241007155032-5fefd90f89a9 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240228010128-51d4e06bde70 // indirect
 )
 
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 349f4f8d..afc67840 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0 h1:3uh0PgVws3nIA0Q+MwDC8yjEPf9zjRfZZWXZYDct3Tw
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDDbaIK4Dk=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 h1:rAQeMHw1c7zTmncogyy8VvRZwtkmkZ4FxERmMY4rD+g=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
-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/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 h1:NFTV2Zj1bL4mc9sqWACXbQFVBBg2W3GPvqp8/ESS2Wg=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 h1:iM5WgngdRBanHcxugY4JySA0nk1wZorNOpTgCMedv5E=
@@ -269,6 +267,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojt
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
+gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 h1:n6jtcsulIzXPJaxegRbvFNNrZDjbij7ny3gmSPG+6V4=
+gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0/go.mod h1:p8EYWUEYMpynmqDbY58zCKCFZw8pRWMG4EsWvDvM72M=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 h1:73M5CoZyi3ZLMOyDlQh031Cx6N9NDJ2Vvfl76EDAgDc=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
@@ -280,12 +280,12 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.0.2/go.mod h1:3SzNCllyD9/Y+b5r9JIKQ474KzkZyqLqEfYqMsX94Bk=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.3.0 h1:MfDY1b1/0xN1CyMlQDac0ziEy9zJQd9CXBRRDHw2jJo=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.3.0/go.mod h1:Mcr9QNxkg0uMvy/YElmo4SpXgJKWgQvYrT7Kw5RzJ1A=
-k8s.io/api v0.30.1 h1:kCm/6mADMdbAxmIh0LBjS54nQBE+U4KmbCfIkF5CpJY=
-k8s.io/api v0.30.1/go.mod h1:ddbN2C0+0DIiPntan/bye3SW3PdwLa11/0yqwvuRrJM=
+k8s.io/api v0.31.1 h1:Xe1hX/fPW3PXYYv8BlozYqw63ytA92snr96zMW9gWTU=
+k8s.io/api v0.31.1/go.mod h1:sbN1g6eY6XVLeqNsZGLnI5FwVseTrZX7Fv3O26rhAaI=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.1 h1:mhcUBbj7KUjaVhyXILglcVjuS4nYXiwC+KKFBgIVy7U=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.1/go.mod h1:rsPdaZJfTfLsNJSQzNHQvYoTmxhoOEofxtOsF3rtsMo=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.30.1 h1:uC/Ir6A3R46wdkgCV3vbLyNOYyCJ8oZnjtJGKfytl/Q=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.30.1/go.mod h1:wrAqLNs2trwiCH/wxxmT/x3hKVH9PuV0GGW0oDoHVqc=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.31.1 h1:f0ugtWSbWpxHR7sjVpQwuvw9a3ZKLXX0u0itkFXufb0=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.31.1/go.mod h1:sKI8871MJN2OyeqRlmA4W4KM9KBdBUpDLu/43eGemCg=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.31.1 h1:GvkRZEP2g2UnB2QKT2Dgc/kYxIkDxCHENv2Q1itioVs=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.31.1/go.mod h1:oL2ky46L48osNqqZAeOcWWy0S5BXj50vVdwOtTefqIs=
 k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240228010128-51d4e06bde70 h1:NGrVE502P0s0/1hudf8zjgwki1X/TByhmAoILTarmzo=