[WIP]Fix Failing Tests in kube 1.35

[yankay]

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/kind failing-test

What this PR does / why we need it

TODO

Which issue(s) this PR fixes

ref kubernetes/kubernetes#133153
Fixes #751

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Pull request overview

This PR updates Kubernetes-related Go module dependencies to address failing tests when running against Kubernetes 1.35.

Changes:

• Bumps sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime from v0.23.0 to v0.23.1.
• Bumps sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 from v6.3.1 to v6.3.2-0.20260122202528-d9cc6641c482.
• Updates go.sum entries to align with the new dependency versions.

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File	Description
go.mod	Updates controller-runtime and structured-merge-diff dependencies to newer versions compatible with Kubernetes 1.35.
go.sum	Synchronizes checksum entries with the updated dependency versions from go.mod.

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@yankay: The following tests failed, say /retest to rerun all failed tests or /retest-required to rerun all mandatory failed tests:

Test name	Commit	Details	Required	Rerun command
pull-lws-test-e2e-main-cert-manager	d06f3e6	link	true	/test pull-lws-test-e2e-main-cert-manager
pull-lws-test-e2e-main-1-35	d06f3e6	link	true	/test pull-lws-test-e2e-main-1-35

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/retest