diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a00bb953..ecaa77c8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.25.5
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.8
 	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.1
-	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.5
+	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.12.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/apiextensions-backup v0.3.1
 	github.com/giantswarm/apiextensions/v6 v6.6.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/backoff v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fde18cb1..e4ff2acd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.5 h1:Q/sSnsKerHeCkc/jSTNq1oCm7KiVgUMZRDUoRu0JQZQ=
-github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.5/go.mod h1:DHkYz0B9wPfa6wondMfaivmHpzrQ3v9q8cnmRbL6yW8=
+github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.12.0 h1:0j4c5qQmnC6XOWNjP3PIXURXN2gWx76rd3KvgdPkCz8=
+github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.12.0/go.mod h1:DHkYz0B9wPfa6wondMfaivmHpzrQ3v9q8cnmRbL6yW8=
 github.com/dsnet/compress v0.0.2-0.20210315054119-f66993602bf5 h1:iFaUwBSo5Svw6L7HYpRu/0lE3e0BaElwnNO1qkNQxBY=
 github.com/dsnet/compress v0.0.2-0.20210315054119-f66993602bf5/go.mod h1:qssHWj60/X5sZFNxpG4HBPDHVqxNm4DfnCKgrbZOT+s=
 github.com/dsnet/golib v0.0.0-20171103203638-1ea166775780/go.mod h1:Lj+Z9rebOhdfkVLjJ8T6VcRQv3SXugXy999NBtR9aFY=