diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index e70d72a6c..53b3278ae 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/jandelgado/gcov2lcov v1.1.1
-	k8s.io/code-generator v0.35.2
+	k8s.io/code-generator v0.35.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.20.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.8.1
 )
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.4 // indirect
 	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250922181213-ec3ebc5fd46b // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912 // indirect
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 09322e302..42907aaa4 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -217,14 +217,14 @@ k8s.io/api v0.35.0 h1:iBAU5LTyBI9vw3L5glmat1njFK34srdLmktWwLTprlY=
 k8s.io/api v0.35.0/go.mod h1:AQ0SNTzm4ZAczM03QH42c7l3bih1TbAXYo0DkF8ktnA=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0 h1:3xHk2rTOdWXXJM+RDQZJvdx0yEOgC0FgQ1PlJatA5T4=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0/go.mod h1:E1Ahk9SADaLQ4qtzYFkwUqusXTcaV2uw3l14aqpL2LU=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.2 h1:NqsM/mmZA7sHW02JZ9RTtk3wInRgbVxL8MPfzSANAK8=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.2/go.mod h1:jQCgFZFR1F4Ik7hvr2g84RTJSZegBc8yHgFWKn//hns=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.4 h1:xtdom9RG7e+yDp71uoXoJDWEE2eOiHgeO4GdBzwWpds=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.4/go.mod h1:NNi1taPOpep0jOj+oRha3mBJPqvi0hGdaV8TCqGQ+cc=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.35.0 h1:CUGo5o+7hW9GcAEF3x3usT3fX4f9r8xmgQeCBDaOgX4=
 k8s.io/apiserver v0.35.0/go.mod h1:QUy1U4+PrzbJaM3XGu2tQ7U9A4udRRo5cyxkFX0GEds=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0 h1:IAW0ifFbfQQwQmga0UdoH0yvdqrbwMdq9vIFEhRpxBE=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0/go.mod h1:q2E5AAyqcbeLGPdoRB+Nxe3KYTfPce1Dnu1myQdqz9o=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.35.2 h1:3874swbO2c26VWTf6lKD4NWGyHIfyBeTCk7caCG3TuU=
-k8s.io/code-generator v0.35.2/go.mod h1:id4XLCm0yAQq5nlvyfAKibMOKnMjzlesAwGw6kM3Adc=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.35.4 h1:i0FfiXAeUMBlHarjVk5ZWf6Wjsg3YJpNYmOg0nPk6r4=
+k8s.io/code-generator v0.35.4/go.mod h1:rwLDdemFgPK6dGlLFHPUieyekgAlV1x8IVafjAy/ELA=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.35.0 h1:+yBrOhzri2S1BVqyVSvcM3PtPyx5GUxCK2tinZz1G94=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.35.0/go.mod h1:85SCX4UCa6SCFt6p3IKAPej7jSnF3L8EbfSyMZayJR0=
 k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250922181213-ec3ebc5fd46b h1:gMplByicHV/TJBizHd9aVEsTYoJBnnUAT5MHlTkbjhQ=