diff --git a/changes/20260428101825.bugfix b/changes/20260428101825.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0799ca4d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/20260428101825.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dependency upgrade: zap-1.28.0
diff --git a/utils/go.mod b/utils/go.mod
index f3184febdd..8491bd15c3 100644
--- a/utils/go.mod
+++ b/utils/go.mod
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.6.0
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.28.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.50.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250718183923-645b1fa84792
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.35.0
diff --git a/utils/go.sum b/utils/go.sum
index 3ad330aea9..18689ff238 100644
--- a/utils/go.sum
+++ b/utils/go.sum
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ go.uber.org/mock v0.6.0 h1:hyF9dfmbgIX5EfOdasqLsWD6xqpNZlXblLB/Dbnwv3Y=
 go.uber.org/mock v0.6.0/go.mod h1:KiVJ4BqZJaMj4svdfmHM0AUx4NJYO8ZNpPnZn1Z+BBU=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 h1:S0h4aNzvfcFsC3dRF1jLoaov7oRaKqRGC/pUEJ2yvPQ=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1 h1:08RqriUEv8+ArZRYSTXy1LeBScaMpVSTBhCeaZYfMYc=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.28.0 h1:IZzaP1Fv73/T/pBMLk4VutPl36uNC+OSUh3JLG3FIjo=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.28.0/go.mod h1:rDLpOi171uODNm/mxFcuYWxDsqWSAVkFdX4XojSKg/Q=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=