diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a490c8ed..47970727 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.34.3
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/mount-utils v0.34.3
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251218160917-61b37f7a4624
 )
 
 replace k8s.io/cloud-provider => github.com/stackitcloud/cloud-provider v0.34.2-ske-1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c70c61d8..e3be6dc9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b h1:MloQ9/bdJyIu9lb1PzujOP
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b/go.mod h1:UZ2yyWbFTpuhSbFhv24aGNOdoRdJZgsIObGBUaYVsts=
 k8s.io/mount-utils v0.34.3 h1:+sk7PVMQhGoNkGnxmxhyjEXpFcTaD6s3a6NXZNhqERc=
 k8s.io/mount-utils v0.34.3/go.mod h1:MIjjYlqJ0ziYQg0MO09kc9S96GIcMkhF/ay9MncF0GA=
-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=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.2 h1:jpcvIRr3GLoUoEKRkHKSmGjxb6lWwrBlJsXc+eUYQHM=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.31.2/go.mod h1:Ve9uj1L+deCXFrPOk1LpFXqTg7LCFzFso6PA48q/XZw=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 h1:gBQPwqORJ8d8/YNZWEjoZs7npUVDpVXUUOFfW6CgAqE=