diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e3744a39c9..70b3472d96 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ require (
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20260531000007-52dbd5ece63f
 	knative.dev/serving v0.49.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1
-	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 651c5e8ffe..dba09066a5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -499,8 +499,8 @@ knative.dev/serving v0.49.1 h1:he1NlNTnrLyamM4a2XL5mNeiTL8jTAuEqqf7y7WOoI8=
 knative.dev/serving v0.49.1/go.mod h1:p40FEnNC9dI2/HIT4TqdAM4qVWxVeVGyv3k495+0MKk=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1 h1:miPEwrmirImAvgME1L9qebGHrOnGJoVmVdtOU9fRfo4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.24.1/go.mod h1:vFkfY5fGt5xAC/sKb8IBFKgWPNKG9OUG29dR8Y2wImw=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.0 h1:735YBRj5NXFrOGX0GoSjwzUIzbz8kiEOfADsqHFmHgE=
-sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.0/go.mod h1:FVfx3t389ybeXOqvDghLbdvJdSCfI/PReqCUI3lu3mY=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.1 h1:mock6phZbI6rvZerwrVNk7hVNymQgHo+6sJ81Ia7ftY=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.6.1/go.mod h1:FVfx3t389ybeXOqvDghLbdvJdSCfI/PReqCUI3lu3mY=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=