diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 456c855b1..cc36a4787 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250610211856-8b98d1ed966a // indirect
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.33.3 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.32.2 // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d // indirect
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 // indirect
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.19.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8aa18e7a8..a61f0831f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ k8s.io/kubectl v0.33.4 h1:nXEI6Vi+oB9hXxoAHyHisXolm/l1qutK3oZQMak4N98=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.33.4/go.mod h1:Xe7P9X4DfILvKmlBsVqUtzktkI56lEj22SJW7cFy6nE=
 k8s.io/kubernetes v1.33.4 h1:T1d5FLUYm3/KyUeV7YJhKTR980zHCHb7K2xhCSo3lE8=
 k8s.io/kubernetes v1.33.4/go.mod h1:nrt8sldmckKz2fCZhgRX3SKfS2e+CzXATPv6ITNkU00=
-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=
 oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0 h1:X4ELRsiGkrbeox69+9tzTu492FMUu7zJQW6eJU+I2oc=
 oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:magiQDfG6H1O9APp+rOsvCPcW1GD2MM7vgnKY0Y+u1o=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.21.0 h1:CYfjpEuicjUecRk+KAeyYh+ouUBn4llGyDYytIGcJS8=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index a7d2ead09..ecbe4eb9d 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/storage/v1alpha1
 k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/storage/v1beta1
 k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/features
 k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/parsers
-# k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250820121507-0af2bda4dd1d
+# k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 k8s.io/utils/buffer
 k8s.io/utils/clock