diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 76f914fe6..a46a642f8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/twmb/murmur3 v1.1.6
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.4
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220513210516-0976fa681c29
-	k8s.io/api v0.24.1
+	k8s.io/api v0.26.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.24.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fa1f66bdf..22bfe1a71 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -964,8 +964,9 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-k8s.io/api v0.24.1 h1:BjCMRDcyEYz03joa3K1+rbshwh1Ay6oB53+iUx2H8UY=
 k8s.io/api v0.24.1/go.mod h1:JhoOvNiLXKTPQ60zh2g0ewpA+bnEYf5q44Flhquh4vQ=
+k8s.io/api v0.26.1 h1:f+SWYiPd/GsiWwVRz+NbFyCgvv75Pk9NK6dlkZgpCRQ=
+k8s.io/api v0.26.1/go.mod h1:xd/GBNgR0f707+ATNyPmQ1oyKSgndzXij81FzWGsejg=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.1/go.mod h1:82Bi4sCzVBdpYjyI4jY6aHX+YCUchUIrZrXKedjd2UM=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.1 h1:8EZ/eGJL+hY/MYCNwhmDzVqq2lPl3N3Bo8rvweJwXUQ=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.1/go.mod h1:tnPmbONNJ7ByJNz9+n9kMjNP8ON+1qoAIIC70lztu74=