diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ba8eec5..0dbaaed 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.34.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.3
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251218160917-61b37f7a4624
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/multicluster-runtime v0.20.4-alpha.7
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d77134d..1f74975 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -476,8 +476,8 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b h1:MloQ9/bdJyIu9lb1PzujOPolHyvO06MXG5TUIj2mNAA=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b/go.mod h1:UZ2yyWbFTpuhSbFhv24aGNOdoRdJZgsIObGBUaYVsts=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 h1:SjGebBtkBqHFOli+05xYbK8YF1Dzkbzn+gDM4X9T4Ck=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251218160917-61b37f7a4624 h1:wadElzGW3vTZ1Et18CImPEErLaXvMSU5369b0to32+0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251218160917-61b37f7a4624/go.mod h1:xDxuJ0whA3d0I4mf/C4ppKHxXynQ+fxnkmQH0vTHnuk=
 modernc.org/libc v1.66.10 h1:yZkb3YeLx4oynyR+iUsXsybsX4Ubx7MQlSYEw4yj59A=
 modernc.org/libc v1.66.10/go.mod h1:8vGSEwvoUoltr4dlywvHqjtAqHBaw0j1jI7iFBTAr2I=
 modernc.org/mathutil v1.7.1 h1:GCZVGXdaN8gTqB1Mf/usp1Y/hSqgI2vAGGP4jZMCxOU=