diff --git a/examples/scratch-env/go.sum b/examples/scratch-env/go.sum
index acc2aa377a..e43e4330a3 100644
--- a/examples/scratch-env/go.sum
+++ b/examples/scratch-env/go.sum
@@ -1019,8 +1019,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.4/go.mod h1:gCQYp2Q+kSoIj7ykSVb9nskRSsR6PUj4AiLyw
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 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.7/go.mod h1:cxrmXWykAwTwhQsJOPfdIDiJ+l2RYq7U8hFU+M/1uw0=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.11.0/go.mod h1:ZhrRA5XmEE3x3rhlzamx/JJvujdZoJ2uvgI7kR0iZvM=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0 h1:UIVDowFPwpg6yMUpPjGkYvf06K3RAiJXUhCxEwQVHRI=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:ZNEzXISYlqpb8S36iN71ifqLi3vVD1rVJGvWRCJOUpQ=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.1 h1:uHNEO1RP2SpuZApSkel9nEh1/Mu+hmQe7Q+Pepg5OYA=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.1/go.mod h1:TE309ZR8s5FsKKpuB1YAQYBzCaAfUgatB/xlT/ETL/o=
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 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1ybHNo=
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diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f2320cd907..261879f23d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.4
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.16.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 15af8380c7..edd1b88fb0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ 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 v2.12.0 h1:UIVDowFPwpg6yMUpPjGkYvf06K3RAiJXUhCxEwQVHRI=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:ZNEzXISYlqpb8S36iN71ifqLi3vVD1rVJGvWRCJOUpQ=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.1 h1:uHNEO1RP2SpuZApSkel9nEh1/Mu+hmQe7Q+Pepg5OYA=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.1/go.mod h1:TE309ZR8s5FsKKpuB1YAQYBzCaAfUgatB/xlT/ETL/o=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10 h1:naR28SdDFlqrG6kScpT8VWpu1xWY5nJRCF3XaYyBjhI=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10/go.mod h1:RsS8tutOdbdgzbPtzzATp12yT7kM5I5aElG3evPbQ0M=
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