diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6545ac213a4..696cf0fd9ff 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/gopacket/gopacket v1.7.0
 	github.com/insomniacslk/dhcp v0.0.0-20260603135910-a415979eb11e
-	github.com/kardianos/service v1.3.0
+	// TODO(e.burkov):  Get rid of this dependency.  At least, don't update it,
+	// unless all custom templates will be migrated to the new format, see
+	// https://github.com/kardianos/service/issues/418.
+	github.com/kardianos/service v1.2.4
 	github.com/mdlayher/ethernet v0.0.0-20220221185849-529eae5b6118
 	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.11.2
 	github.com/mdlayher/packet v1.1.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 65bb3eb2fa3..be77e45545d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0 h1:uuaP0hAbW7Y4l0ZRQ6C9zfb7Mg1mbFKry/xzDAfmtL
 github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0/go.mod h1:7X/raswPFr05uY3HiLlYeyQntB6OO7E/d2Cu7qoaN2w=
 github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report/v2 v2.1.0 h1:X3+hPYlSczH9IMIpSC9CQSZA0L+BipYafciZUWHEmsc=
 github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:mgHVr7VUo5Tn8OLVr1cKnLuEy0M92wdRntM99h7RkgQ=
-github.com/kardianos/service v1.3.0 h1:/LGy+xPP2TM+GLTiCZ2di7cy0Jd/qrawlTUfqKYFdTI=
-github.com/kardianos/service v1.3.0/go.mod h1:E4V9ufUuY82F7Ztlu1eN9VXWIQxg8NoLQlmFe0MtrXc=
+github.com/kardianos/service v1.2.4 h1:XNlGtZOYNx2u91urOdg/Kfmc+gfmuIo1Dd3rEi2OgBk=
+github.com/kardianos/service v1.2.4/go.mod h1:E4V9ufUuY82F7Ztlu1eN9VXWIQxg8NoLQlmFe0MtrXc=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.20.0 h1:9rwHBNKzd4wkDWcROy3DvFGNqEPlkxBg305rvk7HabI=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.20.0/go.mod h1:O+f80MKNwX8Oor2jwgpeQ9An7uJm+hRSgT+h22knRJU=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=