diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2d43287..34e2542 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.1
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e52e45d..cc9cb16 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250814151709-d7b6acb124c3 h1:liMHz39T5dJO1aOKHLvwaCjDbf07wVh6yaUlTpunnkE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250814151709-d7b6acb124c3/go.mod h1:UZ2yyWbFTpuhSbFhv24aGNOdoRdJZgsIObGBUaYVsts=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d h1:wAhiDyZ4Tdtt7e46e9M5ZSAJ/MnPGPs+Ki1gHw4w1R0=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 h1:SjGebBtkBqHFOli+05xYbK8YF1Dzkbzn+gDM4X9T4Ck=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.3 h1:I7mfqz/a/WdmDCEnXmSPm8/b/yRTy6JsKKENTijTq8Y=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.3/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.0 h1:ZwlNM6zOHq0h3WUX2gfByPs2yAEsy/EenYJB78jpQfQ=