diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 430af6d..455bad4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.55.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
-	github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.5
+	github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.6
 	github.com/ironcore-dev/vgopath v0.1.7
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6-0.20210604193023-d5e0c0615ace
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e00ec70..221d6fc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 h1:wwQJbIsHYGMUyLSPrEq1CT16AhnhNJQ51+4fdHUnCl4=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16/go.mod h1:WBLT9ZmE3lPoWsEzCh9LPo3TiwVN+ZKEjmz+hD27ysY=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
-github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.5 h1:vdUnCNolC0uDMZy5d8Noib5kdqdK9YpelVSgPc30qTc=
-github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.5/go.mod h1:pzrmJmc6LXtn48cTAgKHm5i8ry6q1Qw7SUh0XaYfIP4=
+github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.6 h1:4A7ysv18C9hw9hXYPtesM+uFQZxuC78jTD9jaLcjpiY=
+github.com/ironcore-dev/controller-utils v0.9.6/go.mod h1:m4bb/NovyLb9h4DShqjNHXCt5dBOHObhpfKkeBVNjGA=
 github.com/ironcore-dev/vgopath v0.1.7 h1:4QGfotAmfYnCUGMKiR+WQjB5VrjrZB88M2bec3xpF0k=
 github.com/ironcore-dev/vgopath v0.1.7/go.mod h1:tAY0zaSKrRsWHXd4rXZO/L5anW5Dp7fOcXAvp6bsGQk=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0 h1:Yed107/8DjTr0lKCNt7Dn8yQ6ybuDRQoMGrNFKzMfHg
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0/go.mod h1:7Du3c42kxCUegi0IImZ1wUQzMBVecgIHjR1C+NkhLQo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v0.0.0-20170829124025-dcabb60a477c/go.mod h1:C1qb7wdrVGGVU+Z6iS04AVkA3Q65CEZX59MT0QO5uiA=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.0/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0 h1:Pb12RlruUtj4XUuPUqeEWc6j5DkVVVA49Uf6YLfC95Y=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1 h1:bJDPBO7ibjxcbHMgSCoo4Yj18UWbKDlLwX1x9sybDcw=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.1/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:uqqh8zWWbv1HBMNONnaR/tNboyR3/BZd58JJSHlUSCU=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4/go.mod h1:14CWIYCyZA/cWjXOioeEpHeN/83MdbZDRQHoFcYsOfg=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20180127040702-4e3ac2762d5f/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=