diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b6893baf..8caab4a7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.37.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.37.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.37.1
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20261023123148-ca04ba58ecab
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.25.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index aae8cbd4..5c0f2419 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -634,6 +634,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260721132016-d427ff9ee9ad h1:oXImqH8mQNk7PmvzKhmN3d
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260721132016-d427ff9ee9ad/go.mod h1:0/mqHCVhlumdJ3BhCfnjSZQE037nAhNodh1/hK0T8/I=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3 h1:jVkFFVfXdXP74B/zbO3hM3hpSFD0xvhQ5U686DPurkE=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260707023825-cf1189d6abe3/go.mod h1:M2s5JB1lIYP3jzZdorPLHXIPJzt9vv2muW5a6L9DtNM=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20261023123148-ca04ba58ecab h1:pjQrNLaF//ytZtWwCAHtW+pqwSKjtWDqzA8+TCX37RI=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20261023123148-ca04ba58ecab/go.mod h1:DdQ0BJxlQtuMlKDqdg7X5IMMQCXIk2b3d1/4M9OhUYo=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.2.0 h1:keKAYRcjm+e1F0oAuU5F5+YPAWcyxNNRK2wud503Gnk=
 pgregory.net/rapid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:PY5XlDGj0+V1FCq0o192FdRhpKHGTRIWBgqjDBTrq04=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.25.2 h1:bEkK3PVOIVK9X8QWLGVhJgmFc++47vfT6wakSzAOLsQ=