diff --git a/examples/scratch-env/go.mod b/examples/scratch-env/go.mod
index 3a9db0cb2a..2b5b1fed17 100644
--- a/examples/scratch-env/go.mod
+++ b/examples/scratch-env/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/examples/scratch-env/go.sum b/examples/scratch-env/go.sum
index 6db6c30146..4e28962e5f 100644
--- a/examples/scratch-env/go.sum
+++ b/examples/scratch-env/go.sum
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ 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/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/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0 h1:nJqP7uwL84RJInrohHfW0Fx3awjbm8qZeFv0nW9SYGc=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0 h1:lRj6N9Nci7MvzrXuX6HFzU8XjmhPiXPlsKEy1u0KQro=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.3.0/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ac8cffed9e..2eb33bb7e1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.21.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible // Using v4 to match upstream
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9769f50786..245fb1cdb1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ 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/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/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0 h1:nJqP7uwL84RJInrohHfW0Fx3awjbm8qZeFv0nW9SYGc=
-github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.7.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0 h1:lRj6N9Nci7MvzrXuX6HFzU8XjmhPiXPlsKEy1u0KQro=
+github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.8.0/go.mod h1:VNkHZ/282BpEyt/tObQO8s5CMPmYYq14uClGH4abBuQ=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.3 h1:s/nj+GCswXYzN5v2DpNMuMQYe+0DDwt5WVCU6CWBdXk=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.3/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=
diff --git a/pkg/client/patch_test.go b/pkg/client/patch_test.go
index 2910ef56bf..c9e105ae51 100644
--- a/pkg/client/patch_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/patch_test.go
@@ -19,9 +19,13 @@ package client
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+	batchv1 "k8s.io/api/batch/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 func BenchmarkMergeFrom(b *testing.B) {
@@ -93,3 +97,26 @@ func BenchmarkMergeFrom(b *testing.B) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+var _ = Describe("MergeFrom", func() {
+	It("should successfully create a patch for two large and similar in64s", func() {
+		var largeInt64 int64 = 9223372036854775807
+		var similarLargeInt64 int64 = 9223372036854775800
+		j := batchv1.Job{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Namespace: "test",
+				Name:      "test",
+			},
+			Spec: batchv1.JobSpec{
+				ActiveDeadlineSeconds: &largeInt64,
+			},
+		}
+		patch := MergeFrom(j.DeepCopy())
+
+		j.Spec.ActiveDeadlineSeconds = &similarLargeInt64
+
+		data, err := patch.Data(&j)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(data).To(Equal([]byte(`{"spec":{"activeDeadlineSeconds":9223372036854775800}}`)))
+	})
+})