diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aacae6d1..2ed0d838 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.2
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.34.2
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.0
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251222233032-718f0e51e6d2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 390b74d9..756d9265 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.0 h1:NcXz4TPTaUwhiX4LU+6r6udrlm0NsVnSkP3R9t0dmxs=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.0/go.mod h1:bmd0W5i+HuG7/p5sqicr0Li0rR2iIhXL0oUyLF3OjR4=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 h1:SjGebBtkBqHFOli+05xYbK8YF1Dzkbzn+gDM4X9T4Ck=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251222233032-718f0e51e6d2 h1:OfgiEo21hGiwx1oJUU5MpEaeOEg6coWndBkZF/lkFuE=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251222233032-718f0e51e6d2/go.mod h1:xDxuJ0whA3d0I4mf/C4ppKHxXynQ+fxnkmQH0vTHnuk=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4 h1:GEjV7KV3TY8e+tJ2LCTxUTanW4z/FmNB7l327UfMq9A=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=