Bump github.com/gardener/gardener from 1.136.2 to 1.137.4 (#411)

Bumps [github.com/gardener/gardener](https://github.com/gardener/gardener) from 1.136.2 to 1.137.4.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/gardener/gardener/releases)
- [Commits](gardener/gardener@v1.136.2...v1.137.4)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: github.com/gardener/gardener
  dependency-version: 1.137.4
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

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go.mod

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.8
 	github.com/coreos/butane v0.27.0
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.7.0
-	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.136.2
+	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.137.4
 	github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.61.2
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.6.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.2
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.3
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.2
 	k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler v1.6.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v1.5.2
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.35.2
 	k8s.io/kubelet v0.35.2
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260210185600-b8788abfbbc2
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
 
@@ -81,15 +81,15 @@ require (
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 // indirect
-	github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/v3 v3.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/v3 v3.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gardener/cert-management v0.19.0 // indirect
-	github.com/gardener/etcd-druid/api v0.35.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gardener/etcd-druid/api v0.35.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/errors v0.22.3 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/errors v0.22.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.22.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.21.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.25.4 // indirect
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.19.2 // indirect
-	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20241129210726-2c02b8208cf8 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
@@ -117,24 +116,22 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20260115054156-294ebfa9ad83 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.3 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.7 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.1-0.20220621161143-b0104c826a24 // indirect
 	github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.13-0.20220915233716-71ac16282d12 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.2 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.4 // indirect
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v4 v4.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.13.4 // indirect
 	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/spdystream v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
@@ -144,7 +141,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f // indirect
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 	github.com/nexucis/lamenv v0.5.2 // indirect
-	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator v0.143.0 // indirect
 	github.com/perses/common v0.27.1-0.20250326140707-96e439b14e0e // indirect
 	github.com/perses/perses v0.51.0 // indirect
 	github.com/perses/perses-operator v0.2.0 // indirect
@@ -177,25 +173,24 @@ require (
 	github.com/zitadel/oidc/v3 v3.38.1 // indirect
 	github.com/zitadel/schema v1.3.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.45.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/otelconf v0.18.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/otelconf v0.20.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc v0.14.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp v0.14.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.38.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp v1.39.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.38.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.38.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.38.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.61.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutlog v0.14.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v1.38.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.38.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.14.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc v0.16.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp v0.16.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.62.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutlog v0.16.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.16.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.40.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.39.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.14.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.39.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.16.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.40.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.40.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
@@ -204,7 +199,7 @@ require (
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.2 // indirect
 	go4.org/netipx v0.0.0-20220812043211-3cc044ffd68d // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260112195511-716be5621a96 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260218203240-3dfff04db8fa // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.33.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.50.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.35.0 // indirect
@@ -215,23 +210,23 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.42.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20251202230838-ff82c1b0f217 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251222181119-0a764e51fe1b // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260128011058-8636f8732409 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260128011058-8636f8732409 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.78.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.19.5 // indirect
-	istio.io/api v1.27.6 // indirect
+	istio.io/api v1.27.7 // indirect
 	istio.io/client-go v1.27.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.35.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.34.3 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-aggregator v0.35.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260127142750-a19766b6e2d4 // indirect
 	k8s.io/metrics v0.35.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.34.3 // indirect
+	k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.35.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.3.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect