diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 60204e8a..3af15262 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver 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 7e771cc6..77c8b69d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ 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=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1 h1:miPEwrmirImAvgME1L9qebGHrOnGJoVmVdtOU9fRfo4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1/go.mod h1:vFkfY5fGt5xAC/sKb8IBFKgWPNKG9OUG29dR8Y2wImw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.25.2 h1:bEkK3PVOIVK9X8QWLGVhJgmFc++47vfT6wakSzAOLsQ=