diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c7bb53e..4771f27 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260319190234-28399d86e0b5
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.20.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 85e1581..e77dd25 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -618,8 +618,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912 h1:Y3gxNAuB0OBLImH611+UDZ
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912/go.mod h1:kdmbQkyfwUagLfXIad1y2TdrjPFWp2Q89B3qkRwf/pQ=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.2 h1:+fWGrVlDONMUmmQLDaGkQ9i91oszjjRAa94cr37hzqA=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.2/go.mod h1:X2KTOdtZZNrTWmUD4oHApJ836pevSl+zvC5sI6oO2YQ=
-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 v0.0.0-20260319190234-28399d86e0b5 h1:kBawHLSnx/mYHmRnNUf9d4CpjREbeZuxoSGOX/J+aYM=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260319190234-28399d86e0b5/go.mod h1:xDxuJ0whA3d0I4mf/C4ppKHxXynQ+fxnkmQH0vTHnuk=
 mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.7.0 h1:bg91ttqXmi9y2xawvkuMXyvAA/1ZGJqYAEGjXuP0JXU=
 mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.7.0/go.mod h1:txVFJy/Sc/mvaycET54pV8SW8gWxTlUuGHVEcncmNUo=
 mvdan.cc/unparam v0.0.0-20240528143540-8a5130ca722f h1:lMpcwN6GxNbWtbpI1+xzFLSW8XzX0u72NttUGVFjO3U=