diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9d9f5fd413..f897189b36 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containernetworking/cni v1.2.3
 	github.com/corazawaf/coraza-coreruleset/v4 v4.7.0
 	github.com/elastic/cloud-on-k8s/v2 v2.0.0-20250129010100-648f902d9807
-	github.com/envoyproxy/gateway v1.8.0
+	github.com/envoyproxy/gateway v1.8.1
 	github.com/go-ldap/ldap v3.0.3+incompatible
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9af0be782a..48aad87c65 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ github.com/elastic/go-windows v1.0.1 h1:AlYZOldA+UJ0/2nBuqWdo90GFCgG9xuyw9SYzGUt
 github.com/elastic/go-windows v1.0.1/go.mod h1:FoVvqWSun28vaDQPbj2Elfc0JahhPB7WQEGa3c814Ss=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.13.0 h1:C4Bl2xDndpU6nJ4bc1jXd+uTmYPVUwkD6bFY/oTyCes=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.13.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
-github.com/envoyproxy/gateway v1.8.0 h1:pn5TYSteO1zZjUMPVXGY7ayFDhZAZZWAQ+yDgVzj78o=
-github.com/envoyproxy/gateway v1.8.0/go.mod h1:W5S+pcTL0tUgGap4/QcvQKpypgZzL42t3c2/QGCMFAA=
+github.com/envoyproxy/gateway v1.8.1 h1:i8POtrPtel3n0iGP55MNy6U1rTW4msyhkEWjXAF09ts=
+github.com/envoyproxy/gateway v1.8.1/go.mod h1:l8bHAnc8sMfNNIcBm5p7CojxkF2AfbxKCjbPkaXIqEE=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible h1:ixHHqfcGvxhWkniF1tWxBHA0yb4Z+d1UQi45df52xW8=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 h1:/8HVnzMq13/3x9TPvjG08wUGqBTmZBsCWzjTM0wiaDU=