diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a073d4e..906ff7e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.3
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251222233032-718f0e51e6d2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 16f479a..b1c7626 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250814151709-d7b6acb124c3 h1:liMHz39T5dJO1aOKHLvwaCjDbf07wVh6yaUlTpunnkE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250814151709-d7b6acb124c3/go.mod h1:UZ2yyWbFTpuhSbFhv24aGNOdoRdJZgsIObGBUaYVsts=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 h1:SjGebBtkBqHFOli+05xYbK8YF1Dzkbzn+gDM4X9T4Ck=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251222233032-718f0e51e6d2 h1:OfgiEo21hGiwx1oJUU5MpEaeOEg6coWndBkZF/lkFuE=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251222233032-718f0e51e6d2/go.mod h1:xDxuJ0whA3d0I4mf/C4ppKHxXynQ+fxnkmQH0vTHnuk=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4 h1:GEjV7KV3TY8e+tJ2LCTxUTanW4z/FmNB7l327UfMq9A=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=