diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index acc6b067b5..68bddb9d3f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.1.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.2.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4f87dc551c..f1808ebd32 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4 h1:GEjV7KV3TY8e+tJ2LCTxUTanW4z/FmNB7l327U
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.0 h1:ZwlNM6zOHq0h3WUX2gfByPs2yAEsy/EenYJB78jpQfQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.0/go.mod h1:AR5RSqciWP98OPckEjOjh2XJhAe2Na4LHyXD2FUY7Qk=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.1.0 h1:MqRYk+3LNUWB0MbTgTZVhmJGNDTvm8l3ze4MOlzR7MU=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.1.0/go.mod h1:BmJy8Hvc2EHl3Oa/Ka8/4RqwVHCCbX7BLndLdMNtugI=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.2.0 h1:7H+ijrUImnW2ubcTakNgV723xDIdQx1Umv4vDVB+tTk=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/HWeqxuOMjFM56YwJ2Spt3qceK7Spz4hk6ZfXYgE9a8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index 7371c88124..e70761dea1 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.1.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.2.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
index 3ac442efe1..5fe2c34c57 100644
--- a/tests/go.sum
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4 h1:GEjV7KV3TY8e+tJ2LCTxUTanW4z/FmNB7l327U
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.0 h1:ZwlNM6zOHq0h3WUX2gfByPs2yAEsy/EenYJB78jpQfQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.0/go.mod h1:AR5RSqciWP98OPckEjOjh2XJhAe2Na4LHyXD2FUY7Qk=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.1.0 h1:MqRYk+3LNUWB0MbTgTZVhmJGNDTvm8l3ze4MOlzR7MU=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.1.0/go.mod h1:BmJy8Hvc2EHl3Oa/Ka8/4RqwVHCCbX7BLndLdMNtugI=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.2.0 h1:7H+ijrUImnW2ubcTakNgV723xDIdQx1Umv4vDVB+tTk=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/HWeqxuOMjFM56YwJ2Spt3qceK7Spz4hk6ZfXYgE9a8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=