diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c8e3a322f..f2edcfa8d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/axw/gocov v1.2.1
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.23.2
-	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.18.2
+	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.18.5
 	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.20.0
 	github.com/cskr/pubsub v1.0.2
 	github.com/deckarep/golang-set v1.8.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cfc7c84c9..ac3c078e7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.1.1/go.mod h1:scbssz8iZGpm3xbr14ovlUdkxfGXNInq
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK343L8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
-github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.18.2 h1:H2P75ycGcTMauV3gvpkDqLdS3RSXonWF2S49QGA1PZE=
-github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.18.2/go.mod h1:icDJx4kG9BCNpGjBvrmsFd99d+lXUvWdkkcrSSQdIiw=
+github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.18.5 h1:Gx4FSpSPYcSC4MQf43QjbxDfyTEbwZgfZQs5Lq9QlBs=
+github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.18.5/go.mod h1:HbPSO5MW/44wu19t84eY/K4c4/WwyPB4bA3uffOH92s=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=