diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6897e786..1acab4b6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/apis v1.152.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.4
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.33.0
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.43.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.44.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.36.4
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.36.4
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.36.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 70fc5cf5..85d78111 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -481,8 +481,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.33.0 h1:C8gBA6Uc2ZEubiV+SXiu5tZnMTwEmXHgkJwGozKtZf8
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.33.0/go.mod h1:+aXOY+vzZ5mu2iI2HpTZUPmM//oQfsNFX6gU9kNcA44=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v0.0.0-20170829124025-dcabb60a477c/go.mod h1:C1qb7wdrVGGVU+Z6iS04AVkA3Q65CEZX59MT0QO5uiA=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.0/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.43.0 h1:VlG/1FxqNxhSO+lq/OHBNaaqwiBK/mO8JbVkX9Y+FeU=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.43.0/go.mod h1:REff/hsDsodHoKlWsP2mAPhu1+5/6hVYNf9rIEBpeSg=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.44.0 h1:eAiGl3Pw5jz5GQdDff0BcxYpAX1JxW8xD7mFUuwNfZQ=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.44.0/go.mod h1:e/C2HwaZ1DhvjzXXuFhcR7hY7Sh9pl7MmoWKEjzwcdA=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/apis v0.158.0 h1:8OZliZvvroBWO0XoH4TRGG1hEQAxSReza2WaxHKydhs=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/apis v0.158.0/go.mod h1:4p95F2c41NbILsORGK9oE5Pufmp5b1uA0szR2ELzWKc=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=