diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 25427f67ef..d87f1dd8a2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.32.0
 	github.com/kong/go-kong v0.72.1
 	github.com/kong/kubernetes-telemetry v0.1.13
-	github.com/kong/kubernetes-testing-framework v0.48.1-0.20260114143846-8c0e96b5bf82
+	github.com/kong/kubernetes-testing-framework v0.48.1-0.20260311085432-0922a0a0e6a8
 	github.com/kong/semver/v4 v4.0.1
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index de11a4af3e..e1a620a71e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@ github.com/kong/go-kong v0.72.1 h1:rQ69f3Wd0Fvc3JANkavo34vePqR4uZG/YQ2y5U7d2Po=
 github.com/kong/go-kong v0.72.1/go.mod h1:J0vGB3wsZ2i99zly1zTRe3v7rOKpkhQZRwbcTFP76qM=
 github.com/kong/kubernetes-telemetry v0.1.13 h1:Cx8zt6udtzYo95KMGMMeguQWPqF3OeNlpqUcxW32Yrs=
 github.com/kong/kubernetes-telemetry v0.1.13/go.mod h1:fYOEST9ZVpIC+qFLyyI2e11qhkYFYcVKCAQEjWIQ1jM=
-github.com/kong/kubernetes-testing-framework v0.48.1-0.20260114143846-8c0e96b5bf82 h1:GXO5LdlBxr/4kjZITg+Y/QXUM+23bC4YF3YZ6uBtu6M=
-github.com/kong/kubernetes-testing-framework v0.48.1-0.20260114143846-8c0e96b5bf82/go.mod h1:7d83ezAr/OJHKmB93k4NeA51SId8znXX0JqnLf3O9H4=
+github.com/kong/kubernetes-testing-framework v0.48.1-0.20260311085432-0922a0a0e6a8 h1:GXE/6SQyHsh+hRAc/d/N4Zz0/LIHVZ6pwc5O6E3rjbY=
+github.com/kong/kubernetes-testing-framework v0.48.1-0.20260311085432-0922a0a0e6a8/go.mod h1:zkDnFvj+wHtO0Ca2XE5kQItenQsXDV4DhcxLVSZg0S4=
 github.com/kong/semver/v4 v4.0.1 h1:DIcNR8W3gfx0KabFBADPalxxsp+q/5COwIFkkhrFQ2Y=
 github.com/kong/semver/v4 v4.0.1/go.mod h1:LImQ0oT15pJvSns/hs2laLca2zcYoHu5EsSNY0J6/QA=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=