diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e47507ad0..4512fd708 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grafana/loki/operator/apis/loki v0.0.0-20241021105923-5e970e50b166
 	github.com/netobserv/flowlogs-pipeline v1.10.0-community.0.20251210194924-86e5b0087faa
 	github.com/netobserv/netobserv-ebpf-agent v1.10.0-community.0.20260105153759-648a4f37b74d
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.4
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.5
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.0
 	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20250707164913-2cd5821c9080
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.86.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bce1a9ce1..89c3694fe 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ github.com/netobserv/netobserv-ebpf-agent v1.10.0-community.0.20260105153759-648
 github.com/netobserv/netobserv-ebpf-agent v1.10.0-community.0.20260105153759-648a4f37b74d/go.mod h1:0BEBkQnVX4lMg/PQWbScZNI6A/mYPGONi3QqRFdVGPw=
 github.com/netsampler/goflow2 v1.3.7 h1:XZaTy8kkMnGXpJ9hS3KbO1McyrFTpVNhVFEx9rNhMmc=
 github.com/netsampler/goflow2 v1.3.7/go.mod h1:4UZsVGVAs//iMCptUHn3WNScztJeUhZH7kDW2+/vDdQ=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.4 h1:fcEcQW/A++6aZAZQNUmNjvA9PSOzefMJBerHJ4t8v8Y=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.4/go.mod h1:ArE1D/XhNXBXCBkKOLkbsb2c81dQHCRcF5zwn/ykDRo=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.5 h1:ZeVgZMx2PDMdJm/+w5fE/OyG6ILo1Y3e+QX4zSR0zTE=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.5/go.mod h1:ArE1D/XhNXBXCBkKOLkbsb2c81dQHCRcF5zwn/ykDRo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.0 h1:y2ROC3hKFmQZJNFeGAMeHZKkjBL65mIZcvrLQBF9k6Q=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.0/go.mod h1:ZCU1pkQcXDO5Sl9/VVEGlDyp+zm0m1cmeG5TOzLgdh4=
 github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20250707164913-2cd5821c9080 h1:WIcPdcyEm4eaUz9fSI5RjGb7i6K0O1p20to1F/rwa/A=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/CHANGELOG.md b/vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/CHANGELOG.md
index 69be62380..dd35aa1c2 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 2.27.5
+
+### Fixes
+Don't make a new formatter for each GinkgoT(); that's just silly and uses precious memory
+
 ## 2.27.4
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/testingtproxy/testing_t_proxy.go b/vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/testingtproxy/testing_t_proxy.go
index 9806e315a..5704f0fdf 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/testingtproxy/testing_t_proxy.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/internal/testingtproxy/testing_t_proxy.go
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ type ginkgoWriterInterface interface {
 type ginkgoRecoverFunc func()
 type attachProgressReporterFunc func(func() string) func()
 
+var formatters = map[bool]formatter.Formatter{
+	true:  formatter.NewWithNoColorBool(true),
+	false: formatter.NewWithNoColorBool(false),
+}
+
 func New(writer ginkgoWriterInterface, fail failFunc, skip skipFunc, cleanup cleanupFunc, report reportFunc, addReportEntry addReportEntryFunc, ginkgoRecover ginkgoRecoverFunc, attachProgressReporter attachProgressReporterFunc, randomSeed int64, parallelProcess int, parallelTotal int, noColor bool, offset int) *ginkgoTestingTProxy {
 	return &ginkgoTestingTProxy{
 		fail:                   fail,
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@ func New(writer ginkgoWriterInterface, fail failFunc, skip skipFunc, cleanup cle
 		randomSeed:             randomSeed,
 		parallelProcess:        parallelProcess,
 		parallelTotal:          parallelTotal,
-		f:                      formatter.NewWithNoColorBool(noColor),
+		f:                      formatters[noColor], //minimize allocations by reusing formatters
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/types/version.go b/vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/types/version.go
index 66cbbcf3c..72fb8ec30 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/types/version.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/types/version.go
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 package types
 
-const VERSION = "2.27.4"
+const VERSION = "2.27.5"
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 4b6507501..01d782892 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ github.com/netsampler/goflow2/decoders/sflow
 github.com/netsampler/goflow2/decoders/utils
 github.com/netsampler/goflow2/pb
 github.com/netsampler/goflow2/producer
-# github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.4
+# github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.5
 ## explicit; go 1.23.0
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/config