diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 55f1dbf..0fd10d7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ kube-runtime = "2.0"
 # k8s-openapi version must match kube's requirement
 # kube 2.0 requires k8s-openapi 0.26+
 # Features enabled per-binary crate only
-k8s-openapi = { version = "0.26", default-features = false }
+k8s-openapi = { version = "0.27", default-features = false }
 # Configure rustls crypto provider (use ring for compatibility)
 rustls = { version = "0.23", features = ["ring"], default-features = false }