diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a8789ed9debbf..4ae3aed1b7d42 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.0
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0
+	k8s.io/client-go v1.5.2
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/endpointslice v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c982546730d4c..0e5659d52bc96 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1022,6 +1022,8 @@ k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.0 h1:PEJtYS/Zr4p20PfZSLCbY6YvaoLrfByd6THQzPworUE=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.0/go.mod h1:VBRvHzosVAoVdP3XwUQn1Oqkvaa8facnokNkD7jOTMY=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0 h1:IAW0ifFbfQQwQmga0UdoH0yvdqrbwMdq9vIFEhRpxBE=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0/go.mod h1:q2E5AAyqcbeLGPdoRB+Nxe3KYTfPce1Dnu1myQdqz9o=
+k8s.io/client-go v1.5.2 h1:JOxmv4FxrCIOS54kAABbN8/hA9jqGpns+Zc6soNgd8U=
+k8s.io/client-go v1.5.2/go.mod h1:OmM68YRko3DQ0sjlnWxzjQF9lcSLHJXuGMTo23rc7wI=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.35.0 h1:TvrtfKYZTm9oDF2z+veFKSCcgZE3Igv0svY+ehCmjHQ=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.35.0/go.mod h1:iS1gvVf3c/T71N5DOGYO+Gt3PdJ6B9LYSvIyQ4FHzgc=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.35.0 h1:+yBrOhzri2S1BVqyVSvcM3PtPyx5GUxCK2tinZz1G94=