diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index 260f2bd42..45fe1d40e 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.33.3
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery v0.17.3
-	sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/api/nfd v0.17.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/api/nfd v0.17.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.5.0
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
index 270f9a5ff..9410f9229 100644
--- a/tests/go.sum
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -535,8 +535,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.19.0 h1:RFge5qsO1uHhwJsu3ipV7RNolC7Uozc0jUBC/61XS
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.19.0/go.mod h1:FeKD5jEOH+FbZPpqUghBP8mrLjJ3+zD3/rf9NNu1cwY=
 sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery v0.17.3 h1:CArk8De9LBP5bj3Z6Bz/mpnC8kDNfBhDAu0xJp4u/A8=
 sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery v0.17.3/go.mod h1:N7lJLSoLzbTbliRtfBLXf12av2MjBiFM8dEaq8FESag=
-sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/api/nfd v0.17.3 h1:BJMNJ5ggnmlvzsANrxk6xPZISw1HSY0o7gL55EYu4Xc=
-sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/api/nfd v0.17.3/go.mod h1:XzGgUqDUyV/X+qkXEwG+CgfTUUeZix5iuobsmLoT0Ck=
+sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/api/nfd v0.17.4 h1:/KdzuPIYf1QpsaTLD+FJhM5CTXq8aV7xMAC8/W9wCdI=
+sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/api/nfd v0.17.4/go.mod h1:XzGgUqDUyV/X+qkXEwG+CgfTUUeZix5iuobsmLoT0Ck=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v0.0.0-20250304075658-069ef1bbf016/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
diff --git a/tests/vendor/modules.txt b/tests/vendor/modules.txt
index f6b5c9b97..2126d9cc3 100644
--- a/tests/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/tests/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml/walk
 sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/api/generated/clientset/versioned
 sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/api/generated/clientset/versioned/scheme
 sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/api/generated/clientset/versioned/typed/nfd/v1alpha1
-# sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/api/nfd v0.17.3
+# sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/api/nfd v0.17.4
 ## explicit; go 1.23.0
 sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/api/nfd/v1alpha1
 # sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0