diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 6a7e1d5f6..c8e086f8a 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ replace sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator => ../
 
 require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.34.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.32.6
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241223144023-3abc09e42ca8 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.3 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.5 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index f1bd2c0b5..ac3c23873 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 h1:P2Ga83D34wi1o9J6Wh1mRuqd4mF/x/lgBS7N
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5/go.mod h1:hPp6KlRPjbx+hW8ykQs1w3UBbZlj6HuIJcUGPhkA7kY=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4 h1:ktYTpKJAVZnDT4VjxSbiBenUjmlL/5QkBEocaWXiQus=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4/go.mod h1:Bt66ApGPBFzHyR+JO10Zbt0Gsp4uWxu5mIOTusL46e8=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0 h1:CdEG8g0S133B4OswTDC/5XPSzE1OeP29QOioj2PID2Y=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0/go.mod h1:8D9+Txp43QWKhM24yyOBEdpkzN8FvJyAwecBgsU4KU0=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.0 h1:c/WX+w8SLAinvuKKQFh77WEucCnPk4j2OTUr7lt7BeY=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.0/go.mod h1:OcXcwId0b9QsE7Y49u+BTrL4IdKOBOKnD6VQNTJEB6o=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 h1:y0fUlFfIZhPF1W537XOLg0/fcx6zcHCJwooC2xJA040=
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241223144023-3abc09e42ca8 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241223144023-3abc09e42ca8/go.mod h1:lcTa1sDdWEIHMWlITnIczmw5w60CF9ffkb8Z+DVmmjA=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.3 h1:OgPcDAFKHnH8X3O4WcO4XUc8GRDeKsKReqbQtiCj7N8=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.3/go.mod h1:YGaHCc6Oap+FzBJTZLBzkGSYt/cvGPFTPxkn7QfSU8s=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.5 h1:tPhr+woSbjfYvY6/GPufUoYizxw1cF/yFoxJ2fmpwlM=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.5/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6 h1:z1NpPI8ku2WgiWnf+t9wTPsn6eP1L7ksHUlkfLvd9xY=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6/go.mod h1:jduwjTPXsFjZGTmRluh+L6NjiWu7pchiJ2/5YcXBHnY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=