diff --git a/operator/go.mod b/operator/go.mod
index 14c15c7625..b5c0ee1ce1 100644
--- a/operator/go.mod
+++ b/operator/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/klt-cert-manager v0.0.0-20230601122212-9eafb78b51d6
 	github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/metrics-operator v0.0.0-20230601125711-bb916f3e3875
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.5
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.7
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.7
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.15.1
diff --git a/operator/go.sum b/operator/go.sum
index 85d20ab5bb..dbece24f3f 100644
--- a/operator/go.sum
+++ b/operator/go.sum
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9G
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq1c1nUAm88MOHcQC9l5mIlSMApZMrHA=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.5 h1:+6Hr4uxzP4XIUyAkg61dWBw8lb/gc4/X5luuxN/EC+Q=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.5/go.mod h1:tvAoo1QUJwNEU2ITftXTpR7R1RbCzoZUOs3RonqW57k=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.7 h1:06xGQy5www2oN160RtEZoTvnP2sPhEfePYmCDc2szss=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.7/go.mod h1:cxrmXWykAwTwhQsJOPfdIDiJ+l2RYq7U8hFU+M/1uw0=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.7 h1:fVih9JD6ogIiHUN6ePK7HJidyEDpWGVB5mzM7cWNXoU=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.7/go.mod h1:1p8OOlwo2iUUDsHnOrjE5UKYJ+e3W8eQ3qSlRahPmr4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
@@ -649,8 +649,6 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 h1:7WCHKK6K8fNhTqfBhISHQ97KrnJNFZMcQvKp7gP/tmg=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20221012153701-172d655c2280 h1:+70TFaan3hfJzs+7VK2o+OGxg8HsuBr/5f6tVAjDu6E=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20221012153701-172d655c2280/go.mod h1:+Axhij7bCpeqhklhUTe3xmOn6bWxolyZEeyaFpjGtl4=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.26.5 h1:hc/lcQCK7J2Q3fOqtU3cD8qJOKpi6oySEHPP39q/R7o=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.26.5/go.mod h1:nARWq2FQXUzRa+DQfF6hEp0dgZXu61MnjX+aiQaC8lk=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2 h1:qY1Ad8PODbnymg2pRbkyMT/ylpTrCM8P2RJ0yroCyIk=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230406110748-d93618cff8a2/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
diff --git a/scheduler/go.mod b/scheduler/go.mod
index fc8cf1a90b..4adc99affb 100644
--- a/scheduler/go.mod
+++ b/scheduler/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.5
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.7
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.7
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3
diff --git a/scheduler/go.sum b/scheduler/go.sum
index 5608cfc065..27006baf67 100644
--- a/scheduler/go.sum
+++ b/scheduler/go.sum
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e h1:fD57ERR4JtEqsWb
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 h1:nPr65rt6Y5JFSKQO7qToXr7pePgD6Gwiw05lkbyAQTE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5 h1:8xi0RTUf59SOSfEtZMvwTvXYMzG4gV23XVHOZiXNtnE=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.5 h1:+6Hr4uxzP4XIUyAkg61dWBw8lb/gc4/X5luuxN/EC+Q=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.5/go.mod h1:tvAoo1QUJwNEU2ITftXTpR7R1RbCzoZUOs3RonqW57k=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.7 h1:06xGQy5www2oN160RtEZoTvnP2sPhEfePYmCDc2szss=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.7/go.mod h1:cxrmXWykAwTwhQsJOPfdIDiJ+l2RYq7U8hFU+M/1uw0=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.7 h1:fVih9JD6ogIiHUN6ePK7HJidyEDpWGVB5mzM7cWNXoU=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.7/go.mod h1:1p8OOlwo2iUUDsHnOrjE5UKYJ+e3W8eQ3qSlRahPmr4=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=