diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c9ef507d96a8..b8eb9a2bb499 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.0
-	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.20.0
+	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.21.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/k0sproject/bootloose v0.7.2
 	github.com/k0sproject/dig v0.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 24220eb09ceb..12fdd7cc1696 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.1 h1:EWaQ/wswjilfKLTECiXz7Rh+3BjFhfDFKv/o
 github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.1/go.mod h1:hxrqLVvrK65+Rwrd5Fc6F2O76J/NuW9t0sjnWqG1slY=
 github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1 h1:Bcnm0ZwsGyWbCzImXv+pAJnYK9S473LQFuzCbDbfSFY=
 github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1/go.mod h1:xekY+UJKNuX9WP91TpwSH2VMlDf28Uj24BCp08ZFTUY=
-github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.20.0 h1:K9ISHbSaI0lyB2eWMPJo+kOS/FBExVwjEviJTixqxL8=
-github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.20.0/go.mod h1:dbuPbCMFw/DrkbEynArYaCwl3amGuJotoKCe95atGMM=
+github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.21.0 h1:4fZA11ovvtkdgaeev9RGWPgc1uj3H8W+rNYyH/ySBb0=
+github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.21.0/go.mod h1:dbuPbCMFw/DrkbEynArYaCwl3amGuJotoKCe95atGMM=
 github.com/go-quicktest/qt v1.101.0 h1:O1K29Txy5P2OK0dGo59b7b0LR6wKfIhttaAhHUyn7eI=
 github.com/go-quicktest/qt v1.101.0/go.mod h1:14Bz/f7NwaXPtdYEgzsx46kqSxVwTbzVZsDC26tQJow=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0 h1:BCTh4TKNUYmOmMUcQ3IipzF5prigylS7XXjEkfCHuOE=