diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 372b9eff9..b75e71368 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-kubevirt
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.46.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.34.3
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.3
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.34.3
@@ -29,13 +30,13 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.39.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20251222181119-0a764e51fe1b // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251222181119-0a764e51fe1b // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.78.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260414002931-afd174a4e478 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260406210006-6f92a3bedf2d // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.79.3 // indirect
 )
 
 require (
-	cel.dev/expr v0.24.0 // indirect
+	cel.dev/expr v0.25.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c // indirect
 	github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0 // indirect
@@ -131,7 +132,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.3 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.34.3 // indirect
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.34.3 // indirect
 	k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.34.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c33a76607..65f28868e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-cel.dev/expr v0.24.0 h1:56OvJKSH3hDGL0ml5uSxZmz3/3Pq4tJ+fb1unVLAFcY=
-cel.dev/expr v0.24.0/go.mod h1:hLPLo1W4QUmuYdA72RBX06QTs6MXw941piREPl3Yfiw=
+cel.dev/expr v0.25.1 h1:1KrZg61W6TWSxuNZ37Xy49ps13NUovb66QLprthtwi4=
+cel.dev/expr v0.25.1/go.mod h1:hrXvqGP6G6gyx8UAHSHJ5RGk//1Oj5nXQ2NI02Nrsg4=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1 h1:Ra4+bf83h2ztPIQYNP99R6m+Y7KfnARDfID+a+vLl4s=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
@@ -497,15 +497,15 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20180817151627-c66870c02cf8/go.mod h1:JiN7NxoA
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20190819201941-24fa4b261c55/go.mod h1:DMBHOl98Agz4BDEuKkezgsaosCRResVns1a3J2ZsMNc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200526211855-cb27e3aa2013/go.mod h1:NbSheEEYHJ7i3ixzK3sjbqSGDJWnxyFXZblF3eUsNvo=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20201019141844-1ed22bb0c154/go.mod h1:FWY/as6DDZQgahTzZj3fqbO1CbirC29ZNUFHwi0/+no=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20251222181119-0a764e51fe1b h1:uA40e2M6fYRBf0+8uN5mLlqUtV192iiksiICIBkYJ1E=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20251222181119-0a764e51fe1b/go.mod h1:Xa7le7qx2vmqB/SzWUBa7KdMjpdpAHlh5QCSnjessQk=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251222181119-0a764e51fe1b h1:Mv8VFug0MP9e5vUxfBcE3vUkV6CImK3cMNMIDFjmzxU=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251222181119-0a764e51fe1b/go.mod h1:j9x/tPzZkyxcgEFkiKEEGxfvyumM01BEtsW8xzOahRQ=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260414002931-afd174a4e478 h1:yQugLulqltosq0B/f8l4w9VryjV+N/5gcW0jQ3N8Qec=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260414002931-afd174a4e478/go.mod h1:C6ADNqOxbgdUUeRTU+LCHDPB9ttAMCTff6auwCVa4uc=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260406210006-6f92a3bedf2d h1:wT2n40TBqFY6wiwazVK9/iTWbsQrgk5ZfCSVFLO9LQA=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260406210006-6f92a3bedf2d/go.mod h1:4Hqkh8ycfw05ld/3BWL7rJOSfebL2Q+DVDeRgYgxUU8=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZiDr8c=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.23.0/go.mod h1:Y5yQAOtifL1yxbo5wqy6BxZv8vAUGQwXBOALyacEbxg=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.27.0/go.mod h1:qbnxyOmOxrQa7FizSgH+ReBfzJrCY1pSN7KXBS8abTk=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.78.0 h1:K1XZG/yGDJnzMdd/uZHAkVqJE+xIDOcmdSFZkBUicNc=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.78.0/go.mod h1:I47qjTo4OKbMkjA/aOOwxDIiPSBofUtQUI5EfpWvW7U=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.79.3 h1:sybAEdRIEtvcD68Gx7dmnwjZKlyfuc61Dyo9pGXXkKE=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.79.3/go.mod h1:KmT0Kjez+0dde/v2j9vzwoAScgEPx/Bw1CYChhHLrHQ=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200228230310-ab0ca4ff8a60/go.mod h1:cfTl7dwQJ+fmap5saPgwCLgHXTUD7jkjRqWcaiX5VyM=