diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ae2d860c6..d7c2672f6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.3
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.35.3
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260319190234-28399d86e0b5
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260626114624-be93311217bd
 	sigs.k8s.io/secrets-store-csi-driver v1.5.5
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f8522cda9..ee591fc46 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -734,6 +734,8 @@ k8s.io/kubectl v0.35.3 h1:1KqSYXk/sodU7VeDvK6atX2kAGUZd2QTeR5K7Hb9r9w=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.35.3/go.mod h1:GPHxZqRe+u/i3gTBoVQHeIyq2NilfNPj9hDWeuN3x5s=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260319190234-28399d86e0b5 h1:kBawHLSnx/mYHmRnNUf9d4CpjREbeZuxoSGOX/J+aYM=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260319190234-28399d86e0b5/go.mod h1:xDxuJ0whA3d0I4mf/C4ppKHxXynQ+fxnkmQH0vTHnuk=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260626114624-be93311217bd h1:Ea7fgQ5we8Y9T0OX5o0dAHzQOBRI07D/dEYRaB9ZZEs=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260626114624-be93311217bd/go.mod h1:xDxuJ0whA3d0I4mf/C4ppKHxXynQ+fxnkmQH0vTHnuk=
 mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.9.2 h1:zsEMWL8SVKGHNztrx6uZrXdp7AX8r421Vvp23sz7ik4=
 mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.9.2/go.mod h1:iB7Hn+ai8lPvofHd9ZFGVg2GOr8sBUw1QUWjNbmIL/s=
 mvdan.cc/unparam v0.0.0-20251027182757-5beb8c8f8f15 h1:ssMzja7PDPJV8FStj7hq9IKiuiKhgz9ErWw+m68e7DI=