diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fa8259d9..cc9256f5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/api v0.214.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	k8s.io/api v0.31.3
+	k8s.io/api v0.32.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.0
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.3
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.32.0
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.5.0
 )
 
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.1-vault-5 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.15.0 // indirect
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 // indirect
 	github.com/in-toto/in-toto-golang v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jedisct1/go-minisign v0.0.0-20230811132847-661be99b8267 // indirect
 	github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3 v3.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0e0d58c4..7c58c3ed 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -568,8 +568,6 @@ github.com/howeyc/gopass v0.0.0-20210920133722-c8aef6fb66ef h1:A9HsByNhogrvm9cWb
 github.com/howeyc/gopass v0.0.0-20210920133722-c8aef6fb66ef/go.mod h1:lADxMC39cJJqL93Duh1xhAs4I2Zs8mKS89XWXFGp9cs=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
 github.com/ianlancetaylor/demangle v0.0.0-20200824232613-28f6c0f3b639/go.mod h1:aSSvb/t6k1mPoxDqO4vJh6VOCGPwU4O0C2/Eqndh1Sc=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 h1:wwQJbIsHYGMUyLSPrEq1CT16AhnhNJQ51+4fdHUnCl4=
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16/go.mod h1:WBLT9ZmE3lPoWsEzCh9LPo3TiwVN+ZKEjmz+hD27ysY=
 github.com/imkira/go-interpol v1.1.0 h1:KIiKr0VSG2CUW1hl1jpiyuzuJeKUUpC8iM1AIE7N1Vk=
 github.com/imkira/go-interpol v1.1.0/go.mod h1:z0h2/2T3XF8kyEPpRgJ3kmNv+C43p+I/CoI+jC3w2iA=
 github.com/in-toto/attestation v1.1.0 h1:oRWzfmZPDSctChD0VaQV7MJrywKOzyNrtpENQFq//2Q=
@@ -1283,14 +1281,14 @@ gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1 h1:EENdUnS3pdur5nybKYIh2Vfgc8IUNBjxDPSjtiJcOzU=
 gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1/go.mod h1:isy3WKz7GK6uNw/sbHzfKBLvlvXwUyV06n6brMxxopU=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
-k8s.io/api v0.31.3 h1:umzm5o8lFbdN/hIXbrK9oRpOproJO62CV1zqxXrLgk8=
-k8s.io/api v0.31.3/go.mod h1:UJrkIp9pnMOI9K2nlL6vwpxRzzEX5sWgn8kGQe92kCE=
+k8s.io/api v0.32.0 h1:OL9JpbvAU5ny9ga2fb24X8H6xQlVp+aJMFlgtQjR9CE=
+k8s.io/api v0.32.0/go.mod h1:4LEwHZEf6Q/cG96F3dqR965sYOfmPM7rq81BLgsE0p0=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.0 h1:cFSE7N3rmEEtv4ei5X6DaJPHHX0C+upp+v5lVPiEwpg=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.0/go.mod h1:GpHVgxoKlTxClKcteaeuF1Ul/lDVb74KpZcxcmLDElE=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.30.0 h1:0vn6/XhOvn1RJ2KJOC6IRR2CGqrpT6QQF4+8pYpWQ48=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.30.0/go.mod h1:vATpDMATVTMA79sZ0YUCzlMelf6rUjoBzlp+RnoM+cg=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.31.3 h1:CAlZuM+PH2cm+86LOBemaJI/lQ5linJ6UFxKX/SoG+4=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.31.3/go.mod h1:2CgjPUTpv3fE5dNygAr2NcM8nhHzXvxB8KL5gYc3kJs=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.32.0 h1:DimtMcnN/JIKZcrSrstiwvvZvLjG0aSxy8PxN8IChp8=
+k8s.io/client-go v0.32.0/go.mod h1:boDWvdM1Drk4NJj/VddSLnx59X3OPgwrOo0vGbtq9+8=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.30.0 h1:cj6bp38g0ainlfYtaOQuRELh5KSYjhKxM+io7AUIk4o=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.30.0/go.mod h1:V9x/0ePFNaKeKYA3bOvIbrNoluTSG+fSJKjLdjOoeXQ=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=