diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 72f8c1ee6..b2c754601 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/jandelgado/gcov2lcov v1.1.1
-	k8s.io/code-generator v0.36.0
+	k8s.io/code-generator v0.36.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.20.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.8.1
 )
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250922181213-ec3ebc5fd46b // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260317180543-43fb72c5454a // indirect
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index f48898581..22be33fde 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -210,14 +210,14 @@ k8s.io/api v0.35.0 h1:iBAU5LTyBI9vw3L5glmat1njFK34srdLmktWwLTprlY=
 k8s.io/api v0.35.0/go.mod h1:AQ0SNTzm4ZAczM03QH42c7l3bih1TbAXYo0DkF8ktnA=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0 h1:3xHk2rTOdWXXJM+RDQZJvdx0yEOgC0FgQ1PlJatA5T4=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0/go.mod h1:E1Ahk9SADaLQ4qtzYFkwUqusXTcaV2uw3l14aqpL2LU=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.0 h1:jZyPzhd5Z+3h9vJLt0z9XdzW9VzNzWAUw+P1xZ9PXtQ=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.0/go.mod h1:FklypaRJt6n5wUIwWXIP6GJlIpUizTgfo1T/As+Tyxc=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.1 h1:G63Gjx2W+q0YD+72Vo8oY0nDnePVwnuzTmmy5ENrVSA=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.1/go.mod h1:ibYOR00vW/I1kzvi5SF0dRuJ52BvKtfvRdOn35GPQ+8=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.35.0 h1:CUGo5o+7hW9GcAEF3x3usT3fX4f9r8xmgQeCBDaOgX4=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.35.0/go.mod h1:QUy1U4+PrzbJaM3XGu2tQ7U9A4udRRo5cyxkFX0GEds=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0 h1:IAW0ifFbfQQwQmga0UdoH0yvdqrbwMdq9vIFEhRpxBE=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0/go.mod h1:q2E5AAyqcbeLGPdoRB+Nxe3KYTfPce1Dnu1myQdqz9o=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.36.0 h1:XWAkrhnArm0VWMmSFO7kyB+wE2LROwep7hEH0GPGkqA=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.36.0/go.mod h1:Tr2UhfBRdlyRoadfob9aPCmmGe8PUs5XPK9MEJ2nx+w=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.36.1 h1:5bHQ7NbBcFFLHcoyo/hgU3m2tQV5RLz2nv4QNDlsbXc=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.36.1/go.mod h1:oCv8WmrW2RGdcMyvSk1aYbBfSs51ggtSFQr1YNeuAuo=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.35.0 h1:+yBrOhzri2S1BVqyVSvcM3PtPyx5GUxCK2tinZz1G94=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.35.0/go.mod h1:85SCX4UCa6SCFt6p3IKAPej7jSnF3L8EbfSyMZayJR0=
 k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250922181213-ec3ebc5fd46b h1:gMplByicHV/TJBizHd9aVEsTYoJBnnUAT5MHlTkbjhQ=