diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 372b9eff9..c879bcabd 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
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ 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/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260414002931-afd174a4e478 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.78.0 // 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..58fdca95b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -499,8 +499,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200526211855-cb27e3aa2013/go.mod h1:NbSheEEY
 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/rpc v0.0.0-20260414002931-afd174a4e478 h1:RmoJA1ujG+/lRGNfUnOMfhCy5EipVMyvUE+KNbPbTlw=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260414002931-afd174a4e478/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=