diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d7fbefab..34e64ded 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.2
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e5cfb9ad..07196475 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -990,8 +990,8 @@ k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.2 h1:EWGpfJ856oj11C52NRCHuU7rFDwxev48z+6DSlGNsV8=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.2/go.mod h1:6HVkd1FwxIagpYrHSwJlQqZI3G9LfYWRPAkUvLnXTKU=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1 h1:U/Af64HJf7FcwMcXyKm2RPM22WZzyR7OSpYj5tg3cL0=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1/go.mod h1:YGtd1984u+GgbuZ7e08/yBuAfKLSO0+uR1Fhi6ExXjo=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b h1:sgn3ZU783SCgtaSJjpcVVlRqd6GSnlTLKgpAAttJvpI=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 h1:SjGebBtkBqHFOli+05xYbK8YF1Dzkbzn+gDM4X9T4Ck=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=