diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 25bff4445f..664848d441 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/nginx/agent/v3 v3.1.0
 	github.com/nginx/telemetry-exporter v0.1.4
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f0bd65719f..d998b0d792 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ github.com/nginxinc/nginx-plus-go-client/v2 v2.0.1 h1:5VVK38bnELMDWnwfF6dSv57Res
 github.com/nginxinc/nginx-plus-go-client/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:He+1izxYxVVO5/C9ZTukwOpvkAx5eS19nRQgKXDhX5I=
 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=
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index 3cb2eea54d..7be1c69aa9 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ replace github.com/nginx/nginx-gateway-fabric => ../
 require (
 	github.com/nginx/nginx-gateway-fabric v0.0.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.65.0
 	github.com/tsenart/vegeta/v12 v12.12.0
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
index 12738234bb..aaf02ff69e 100644
--- a/tests/go.sum
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f h1:y5//uYreIhSUg3J
 github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f/go.mod h1:ZdcZmHo+o7JKHSa8/e818NopupXU1YMK5fe1lsApnBw=
 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/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=