diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 810de2d10..10d9c46a5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.31.2
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.17
+	sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.18
 	sigs.k8s.io/mcs-api v0.1.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.2
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 86f16607c..03106a790 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -725,14 +725,14 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.3.0/go.mod h1:enhtKGfxZD1GFEoMgP8Fdbu+uKQ/cq1/WG
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kind v0.8.1/go.mod h1:oNKTxUVPYkV9lWzY6CVMNluVq8cBsyq+UgPJdvA3uu4=
-sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.17 h1:wGchTyRF/iGTIjd+vRaR1m676HM7jB8soFtyr/148ic=
-sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.17/go.mod h1:f/5ZLKYEUPUhVjUCg6l80ACdL7CIIyeL0DxfgojGRTk=
+sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.18 h1:6Duvmu0s/HwGifKrtl6G3AyAPYlWiZqTgS8bkVMiyaE=
+sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.18/go.mod h1:f/5ZLKYEUPUhVjUCg6l80ACdL7CIIyeL0DxfgojGRTk=
 sigs.k8s.io/mcs-api v0.1.0 h1:edDbg0oRGfXw8TmZjKYep06LcJLv/qcYLidejnUp0PM=
 sigs.k8s.io/mcs-api v0.1.0/go.mod h1:gGiAryeFNB4GBsq2LBmVqSgKoobLxt+p7ii/WG5QYYw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3 v3.0.0-20200116222232-67a7b8c61874/go.mod h1:PlARxl6Hbt/+BC80dRLi1qAmnMqwqDg62YvvVkZjemw=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:PlARxl6Hbt/+BC80dRLi1qAmnMqwqDg62YvvVkZjemw=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.2 h1:MdmvkGuXi/8io6ixD5wud3vOLwc1rj0aNqRlpuvjmwA=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.2/go.mod h1:N8f93tFZh9U6vpxwRArLiikrE5/2tiu1w1AGfACIGE4=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UJmg0vDUVViEyp3mgSv9WPwZCDxu4rQW1olrI1uml+o=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=