diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index 5f4ed220..de9ac8d5 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.41.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.35.2
+	k8s.io/api v0.35.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.2
 )
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
index d29e9270..37b24d4f 100644
--- a/tests/go.sum
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -407,8 +407,8 @@ gorm.io/gorm v1.31.1 h1:7CA8FTFz/gRfgqgpeKIBcervUn3xSyPUmr6B2WXJ7kg=
 gorm.io/gorm v1.31.1/go.mod h1:XyQVbO2k6YkOis7C2437jSit3SsDK72s7n7rsSHd+Gs=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2 h1:7koQfIKdy+I8UTetycgUqXWSDwpgv193Ka+qRsmBY8Q=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2/go.mod h1:LtdLGcnqToBH83WByAAi/wiwSFCArdFIUV/xxN4pcjA=
-k8s.io/api v0.35.2 h1:tW7mWc2RpxW7HS4CoRXhtYHSzme1PN1UjGHJ1bdrtdw=
-k8s.io/api v0.35.2/go.mod h1:7AJfqGoAZcwSFhOjcGM7WV05QxMMgUaChNfLTXDRE60=
+k8s.io/api v0.35.3 h1:pA2fiBc6+N9PDf7SAiluKGEBuScsTzd2uYBkA5RzNWQ=
+k8s.io/api v0.35.3/go.mod h1:9Y9tkBcFwKNq2sxwZTQh1Njh9qHl81D0As56tu42GA4=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.3 h1:MeaUwQCV3tjKP4bcwWGgZ/cp/vpsRnQzqO6J6tJyoF8=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.3/go.mod h1:jQCgFZFR1F4Ik7hvr2g84RTJSZegBc8yHgFWKn//hns=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.35.2 h1:YUfPefdGJA4aljDdayAXkc98DnPkIetMl4PrKX97W9o=