diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9540b879d..e9c71ae51 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/redhat-appstudio/application-service
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.23
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.26.10 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230505201702-9f6742963106 // indirect
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251219084037-98d557b7f1e7 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 67adbbe25..b653fe12d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f h1:2kWPakN3i/k81b0gvD5C5F
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f/go.mod h1:byini6yhqGC14c3ebc/QwanvYwhuMWF6yz2F8uwW8eg=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20210802155522-efc7438f0176/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20220210201930-3a6ce19ff2f9/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230505201702-9f6742963106 h1:EObNQ3TW2D+WptiYXlApGNLVy0zm/JIBVY9i+M4wpAU=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230505201702-9f6742963106/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251219084037-98d557b7f1e7 h1:H6xtwB5tC+KFSHoEhA1o7DnOtHDEo+n9OBSHjlajVKc=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251219084037-98d557b7f1e7/go.mod h1:xDxuJ0whA3d0I4mf/C4ppKHxXynQ+fxnkmQH0vTHnuk=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.7 h1:Vrnm2vk9ZFlRkXATHz0W0wXcqNl7kPat8q2JyxVy0Q8=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.7/go.mod h1:ErTs3SJCOujNUnTz4AS+uh8hp6DHMo1gj6fFndJT1X8=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211208200746-9f7c6b3444d2/go.mod h1:B+TnT182UBxE84DiCz4CVE26eOSDAeYCpfDnC2kdKMY=