diff --git a/operator/go.mod b/operator/go.mod
index 4b73d4b7..0ee08696 100644
--- a/operator/go.mod
+++ b/operator/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.23.0
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.0
@@ -59,12 +60,11 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // 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
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.29.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.110.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/operator/go.sum b/operator/go.sum
index 6b27fbd0..7ef9ae53 100644
--- a/operator/go.sum
+++ b/operator/go.sum
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b h1:sgn3ZU783SCgtaSJjpcVVlRqd6GSn
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.0 h1:fjJQf8Ukya+VjogLO6/bNX9HE6Y2xpsO5+fyS26ur/s=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.0/go.mod h1:+MngTvIQQQhfXtwfdGw/UOQ/aIaqsYywfCINOtwMO/s=
-sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
-sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
+sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
+sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=