diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 95687b5..0ebb77c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.3
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104163129-6fe5fd82f078
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.5
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 03baa2f..b70daa8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240921022957-49e7df575cb6 h1:MDF6h2H/h4tbzmtIKTuctcwZmY0tY
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240921022957-49e7df575cb6/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104163129-6fe5fd82f078 h1:jGnCPejIetjiy2gqaJ5V0NLwTpF4wbQ6cZIItJCSHno=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104163129-6fe5fd82f078/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758 h1:sdbE21q2nlQtFh65saZY+rRM6x6aJJI8IUa1AmH/qa0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2 h1:RqVW6Kpeaji67CY5nPEfRz6ZfFMk0lWQlNrLqlNpx+Q=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.2/go.mod h1:tuAt1+wbVsXIT8lPtk5RURxqAnq7xkpv2Mhttslg7Hw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.14.0 h1:rnNoCC5wSXlrNoBKKzL70LNJKIQKEzT6lloG6/LF73A=