diff --git a/operator/go.mod b/operator/go.mod
index 4b73d4b7..c0fa1257 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
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.6 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ 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
diff --git a/operator/go.sum b/operator/go.sum
index 6b27fbd0..2c8a9f3e 100644
--- a/operator/go.sum
+++ b/operator/go.sum
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1 h1:K6RDEckDVWvDI9JAJY
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1/go.mod h1:kpwsk12EmLew5upagYY7GY0pfYCcupk39gWOCRROcvE=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.6 h1:xTNEAn+kxVO7dTZGu0CegyqKZmoWFI0rF8UxjlB2d28=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.6/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJh5FfA=
+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/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5DoeVV0s6jJacbCEi61lwdGj/aVlrQvzHFFd8Hwg//Y=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=