diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 999ae24..6c70263 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ 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 v0.0.0-20251218160917-61b37f7a4624
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4b4c4c6..cfa964c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ k8s.io/kms v0.34.3 h1:QzBOD0sk1bGQVMcZQAHGjtbP1iKZJUyhC6D0I+BTxIE=
 k8s.io/kms v0.34.3/go.mod h1:s1CFkLG7w9eaTYvctOxosx88fl4spqmixnNpys0JAtM=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912 h1:Y3gxNAuB0OBLImH611+UDZcmKS3g6CthxToOb37KgwE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912/go.mod h1:kdmbQkyfwUagLfXIad1y2TdrjPFWp2Q89B3qkRwf/pQ=
-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 v0.0.0-20251218160917-61b37f7a4624 h1:wadElzGW3vTZ1Et18CImPEErLaXvMSU5369b0to32+0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251218160917-61b37f7a4624/go.mod h1:xDxuJ0whA3d0I4mf/C4ppKHxXynQ+fxnkmQH0vTHnuk=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.33.0 h1:qPrZsv1cwQiFeieFlRqT627fVZ+tyfou/+S5S0H5ua0=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.33.0/go.mod h1:Ve9uj1L+deCXFrPOk1LpFXqTg7LCFzFso6PA48q/XZw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.3 h1:I7mfqz/a/WdmDCEnXmSPm8/b/yRTy6JsKKENTijTq8Y=