diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 379fcc85..d780e5c0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ module k8s.io/client-go
 go 1.22.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.20.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 280e48fb..6eb2357c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 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 v4.12.0+incompatible h1:4onqiflcdA9EOZ4RxV643DvftH5pOlLGNtQ5lPWQu84=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:pxXPTn3joSm21Gbwsv0w9OSA2y1HFR9qXEeXQVeNoDQ=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 h1:pKouT5E8xu9zeFC39JXRDukb6JFQPXM5p5I91188VAQ=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
@@ -151,6 +149,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHh
 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=
diff --git a/scale/client_test.go b/scale/client_test.go
index 058bf3c1..2b4a7a7e 100644
--- a/scale/client_test.go
+++ b/scale/client_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 
-	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
+	jsonpatch "gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
diff --git a/testing/fixture.go b/testing/fixture.go
index 39684067..f626c12b 100644
--- a/testing/fixture.go
+++ b/testing/fixture.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
-	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
+	jsonpatch "gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
diff --git a/util/csaupgrade/upgrade_test.go b/util/csaupgrade/upgrade_test.go
index 33c66834..de7369cd 100644
--- a/util/csaupgrade/upgrade_test.go
+++ b/util/csaupgrade/upgrade_test.go
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
-	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	jsonpatch "gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"