diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7cc13e48c..dcb2abe9e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.34.3
+	k8s.io/api v0.36.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.3
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6b07c4d96..22e91ae1f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -660,8 +660,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
-k8s.io/api v0.34.3 h1:D12sTP257/jSH2vHV2EDYrb16bS7ULlHpdNdNhEw2S4=
-k8s.io/api v0.34.3/go.mod h1:PyVQBF886Q5RSQZOim7DybQjAbVs8g7gwJNhGtY5MBk=
+k8s.io/api v0.36.1 h1:XbL/EMj8K2aJpJtePmqUyQMsM0D4QI2pvl7YKJ20FTY=
+k8s.io/api v0.36.1/go.mod h1:KOWo4ey3TINlXjeHVuwB3i+tXXnu+UcwFBHlI/9dvEo=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.1 h1:N7ccbSlRN6I2QBcXevB73PixX2dQNIW0ZRuguEE91zI=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.1/go.mod h1:uNQ52z1A1Gu75QSa+pFK5bcXc4hq7lpOXbweZgi4dqA=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.1 h1:G63Gjx2W+q0YD+72Vo8oY0nDnePVwnuzTmmy5ENrVSA=