diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f6bdab376..c2cfa0b73 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
-	github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.5
+	github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.6
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 88d3a6207..b0099a5a5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13 h1:lFzP57bqS/wsqKssCGmtLAb8A0wKjLGrve2q3PPVcBk=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13/go.mod h1:4lJ1jqUDcsbIECGy0RUJAXNIhg+6ocWgb1ALK2O4oXg=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
-github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.5 h1:vdUnCNolC0uDMZy5d8Noib5kdqdK9YpelVSgPc30qTc=
-github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.5/go.mod h1:pzrmJmc6LXtn48cTAgKHm5i8ry6q1Qw7SUh0XaYfIP4=
+github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.6 h1:4A7ysv18C9hw9hXYPtesM+uFQZxuC78jTD9jaLcjpiY=
+github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.6/go.mod h1:m4bb/NovyLb9h4DShqjNHXCt5dBOHObhpfKkeBVNjGA=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.2.2 h1:UOGuzwb1PwsrDAObMuhUnj0p5ULPj8V/xJ7Kx9qUBdQ=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.2.2/go.mod h1:Pkfl5aHPm1nk2H9h0bjmnJD/BcgbGXUBGnn1kMkgxc8=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20220101234140-673ab2c3ae75 h1:6fotK7otjonDflCTK0BCfls4SPy3NcCVb5dqqmbRknE=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20220101234140-673ab2c3ae75/go.mod h1:KO6IkyS8Y3j8OdNO85qEYBsRPuteD+YciPomcXdrMnk=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=