diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index f2ac00fd..a97e0ce2 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/file v1.2.0
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/v2 v2.3.4
 	github.com/kyverno/api v0.0.1-alpha.2.0.20260129144402-7b64bcf2b1f7
-	github.com/kyverno/kyverno v1.5.0-rc1.0.20260506125757-0739028b97c7
+	github.com/kyverno/kyverno v1.18.0
 	github.com/kyverno/kyverno-authz v0.4.1-0.20260403194244-37d6f8943fa8
 	github.com/kyverno/sdk v0.0.0-20260403020150-29a100fa834c
 	github.com/loopfz/gadgeto v0.11.6
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
index 9afb2d76..79220d54 100644
--- a/backend/go.sum
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -646,8 +646,8 @@ github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath v0.4.1-0.20231124160150-95e59c162877 h1:XOLJNGX/q
 github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath v0.4.1-0.20231124160150-95e59c162877/go.mod h1:yzDHaKovQy16rjN4kFnjF+IdNoN4p1ndw+va6+B8zUU=
 github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.2-0.20230630133209-945021c749d9 h1:lL311dF3a2aeNibJj8v+uhFU3XkvRHZmCtAdSPOrQYY=
 github.com/kyverno/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.2-0.20230630133209-945021c749d9/go.mod h1:XRxUGHIiCy1WYma1CdfdO1WOhIe8dLPTENaZr5D1ex4=
-github.com/kyverno/kyverno v1.5.0-rc1.0.20260506125757-0739028b97c7 h1:E9PxXL+lKix5gY/iUkpWka+Jb+ZUZvgkANMPWAx10Vs=
-github.com/kyverno/kyverno v1.5.0-rc1.0.20260506125757-0739028b97c7/go.mod h1:EV8eeBIPV0MXaRG/U6dNt3qIXolDoUGGrVIEkOnj170=
+github.com/kyverno/kyverno v1.18.0 h1:hBDVNqeJAeTS0vWx9zvRUXsNv8MloZsiQJYYocmHFxE=
+github.com/kyverno/kyverno v1.18.0/go.mod h1:YbOLh7D4+AOBskP0REyuQd2fxkH/XA/w3WMnSQwV/XQ=
 github.com/kyverno/kyverno-authz v0.4.1-0.20260403194244-37d6f8943fa8 h1:33ipLUeULea4JVyplBN5Qn/CqZtVBRFPgZI73gAnlXA=
 github.com/kyverno/kyverno-authz v0.4.1-0.20260403194244-37d6f8943fa8/go.mod h1:YaNYWgfCkJcKnQFcmN/0iCu2I8D9R1tiDYTBNpCus6k=
 github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json v0.0.4-0.20240730143747-aade3d42fc0e h1:gh9iMuJS8yloxo3JIzvgLWZWwy5iRjEkA8/U7rK3iu8=