diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 420fe972fd..a605ae2ca6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	// keeping this on 0.25 as updating to 0.26 will remove CRI v1alpha2 version
 	k8s.io/cri-api v0.25.5
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.100.1
-	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.26.6
+	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.26.8
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230115233650-391b47cb4029
 	oras.land/oras-go v1.2.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8494d6e7db..d29667d80a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.9.0 h1:wzCHvIvM5SxWqYvwgVL7yJY8Lz3PKn49KQtpgMYJf
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.9.0/go.mod h1:+pB4zwohETzFnmlpe6yd2lSc+0/46IYZRB/chUwxUZY=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jVj6XXZzXRy/MSR5jhDC/2q6DgLz+nrA6LYCDYWNEvQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.11.0 h1:cWPaGQEPrBb5/AsnsZesgZZ9yb1OQ+GOISoDNXVBh4M=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:LxeOpSwHxABJmUn/MG1IvRgCAasNZTLOkJPxbbu5VWo=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0 h1:trlNQbNUG3OdDrDil03MCb1H2o9nJ1x4/5LYw7byDE0=
@@ -747,8 +747,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20221012153701-172d655c2280 h1:+70TFaan3hfJzs+7VK2o+O
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20221012153701-172d655c2280/go.mod h1:+Axhij7bCpeqhklhUTe3xmOn6bWxolyZEeyaFpjGtl4=
 k8s.io/kube-scheduler v0.26.0 h1:PjSF4cF9X7cAMj5MZ9ZSq2RJ2VkcKKCKj6fy/EbxtA0=
 k8s.io/kube-scheduler v0.26.0/go.mod h1:FmptJbq36ATKYxeR+UqAvUtFaLeoFWgoDk1cdCpVPYQ=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.26.6 h1:wj7+e03hcuEsrs2sA1YTGAdC+L/U0QVmnRkaCRO0Fh4=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.26.6/go.mod h1:baNC1jjusIrvJBaOYmefaoZNklGLvIYfOfScJ25KENw=
+k8s.io/kubernetes v1.26.8 h1:vC3oBFD2H8A1c7L0WFMWKQYN5xRJy93QOCoQWNe1CF8=
+k8s.io/kubernetes v1.26.8/go.mod h1:EBE8dfGfk2sZ3yzZVQjr1wQ/k28/wwaajL/1+77Cjmg=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230115233650-391b47cb4029 h1:L8zDtT4jrxj+TaQYD0k8KNlr556WaVQylDXswKmX+dE=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230115233650-391b47cb4029/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 oras.land/oras-go v1.1.1 h1:gI00ftziRivKXaw1BdMeEoIA4uBgga33iVlOsEwefFs=