diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e8ee54fbd7..b6c613a341 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/nginx/nginx-gateway-fabric/v2
 go 1.24.2
 
 require (
-	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.35.0
+	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.36.0
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 615a80c7b7..0ae6547a00 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.8.4 h1:CF7LEKg5FFOsASUj0+QwaXf8Ht6TlFxg09+S9wz0o
 github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.8.4/go.mod h1:iIjxzd6CiRiOG0UyXP+V1+jWqUXVjPKLAI0mRfJZTmQ=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2 h1:DhwDP0vY3k8ZzE0RunuJy8GhNpPL6zqLkDf9B/a0/xU=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
-github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.35.0 h1:ixjkELDE+ru6idPxcHLj8LBVc2bFP7iBytj353BoHUo=
-github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.35.0/go.mod h1:09qwbGVuSWWAyN5t/b3iyVfz5+z8QWGrzkoqm/8SbEs=
+github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.36.0 h1:yg/JjO5E7ubRyKX3m07GF3reDNEnfOboJ0QySbH736g=
+github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.36.0/go.mod h1:ty89S1YCCVruQAm9OtKeEkQLTb+Lkz0k8v9W0Oxsv98=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.2.1 h1:DEo3O99U8j4hBFwbJfrz9VtgcDfUKS7KJ7spH3d86P8=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.2.1/go.mod h1:d/C80l/jxXLdfEIhX1W2TmLfsJ31lvEjwamM4DxlWXU=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v0.5.2 h1:xVCHIVMUu1wtM/VkR9jVZ45N3FhZfYMMYGorLCR8P3k=