diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7cb2e43a4..45a1d9858 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.3.1
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0
-	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.18.0
+	github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.18.1
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.27
 	github.com/containers/image/v5 v5.35.0
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 22805e858..2375a3900 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ github.com/bshuster-repo/logrus-logstash-hook v1.0.0/go.mod h1:zsTqEiSzDgAa/8GZR
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK343L8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
-github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.18.0 h1:v7vxC1Mx5tkDz1oGOAktB88zA6TbGKcmpLM92+AIXRc=
-github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.18.0/go.mod h1:icDJx4kG9BCNpGjBvrmsFd99d+lXUvWdkkcrSSQdIiw=
+github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.18.1 h1:5qa3UNrgkNc5Zpn0CyAVMyRIchfF3/RHji4JrazYmWw=
+github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager v1.18.1/go.mod h1:icDJx4kG9BCNpGjBvrmsFd99d+lXUvWdkkcrSSQdIiw=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2 h1:1Lwwip6Q2QGsAdl/ZKPCwTe9fe0CjlUbqj5bFNSjIRk=