diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d99d06e..494778e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.26.0
 require (
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/hmarr/codeowners v1.2.1
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.0
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/prow v0.0.0-20250709203327-d01b8af18f00
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6d0849d..da4355b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-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/klog/v2 v2.140.0 h1:Tf+J3AH7xnUzZyVVXhTgGhEKnFqye14aadWv7bzXdzc=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0/go.mod h1:o+/RWfJ6PwpnFn7OyAG3QnO47BFsymfEfrz6XyYSSp0=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260317180543-43fb72c5454a h1:xCeOEAOoGYl2jnJoHkC3hkbPJgdATINPMAxaynU2Ovg=