diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8cdca7ca9be07c..402f65ea77585b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/pointer v0.59.0
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/scrubber v0.59.1
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.6.0
-	github.com/DataDog/datadog-operator v0.7.1-0.20241219210556-f517775059d1
+	// TODO: pin to an operator released version once there is a release that includes the api module
+	github.com/DataDog/datadog-operator/api v0.0.0-20250109202733-a3e7eab6a736
 	github.com/DataDog/ebpf-manager v0.7.7
 	github.com/DataDog/gopsutil v1.2.2
 	github.com/DataDog/nikos v1.12.9
@@ -1018,6 +1019,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 // indirect
 	github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/zorkian/go-datadog-api v2.30.0+incompatible // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client v1.22.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus v0.116.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 75b1ac59df4ecf..a2a5c9a8bced55 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2 v2.33.0/go.mod h1:d3tOEgUd2kfsr9uuHQ
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.6.0 h1:2oCLxjF/4htd55piM75baflj/KoE6VYS7alEUqFvRDw=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:K9kcYBlxkcPP8tvvjZZKs/m1edNAUFzBbdpTUKfCsuw=
-github.com/DataDog/datadog-operator v0.7.1-0.20241219210556-f517775059d1 h1:EFGXjo7iSZO1f0ZpLE2H2UIcPH2x4yhxQnKd8UKrs3k=
-github.com/DataDog/datadog-operator v0.7.1-0.20241219210556-f517775059d1/go.mod h1:mD+3PWR0wOSVJGaXjkpzsYEK/7PhqjOipx2usgfsxM0=
+github.com/DataDog/datadog-operator/api v0.0.0-20250109202733-a3e7eab6a736 h1:GBHrDEjtdHDL+24ncs+KySyM37xw3LstTr93XZdmgN4=
+github.com/DataDog/datadog-operator/api v0.0.0-20250109202733-a3e7eab6a736/go.mod h1:B1gtSG6OWMpqG6RNF2PV1WLfNLxF3xpqYWzyPQlg5eg=
 github.com/DataDog/dd-sensitive-data-scanner/sds-go/go v0.0.0-20240816154533-f7f9beb53a42 h1:RoH7VLzTnxHEugRPIgnGlxwDFszFGI7b3WZZUtWuPRM=
 github.com/DataDog/dd-sensitive-data-scanner/sds-go/go v0.0.0-20240816154533-f7f9beb53a42/go.mod h1:TX7CTOQ3LbQjfAi4SwqUoR5gY1zfUk7VRBDTuArjaDc=
 github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/v2 v2.0.0-beta.11 h1:6vwU//TjBIghQKMgIP9UyIRhN/LWS1y8tYzvRnu8JZw=
@@ -1408,9 +1408,8 @@ github.com/nozzle/throttler v0.0.0-20180817012639-2ea982251481/go.mod h1:yKZQO8Q
 github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid v0.0.0-20131221200532-179d4d0c4d8d h1:VhgPp6v9qf9Agr/56bj7Y/xa04UccTW04VP0Qed4vnQ=
 github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid v0.0.0-20131221200532-179d4d0c4d8d/go.mod h1:YUTz3bUH2ZwIWBy3CJBeOBEugqcmXREj14T+iG/4k4U=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
+github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 h1:nPr65rt6Y5JFSKQO7qToXr7pePgD6Gwiw05lkbyAQTE=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8/go.mod h1:+ncqLTQzXmGhMZNUePPaPqPvBxHAIsmXswZKocGu+AU=
-github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.11 h1:8feyoE3OzPrcshW5/MJ4sGESc5cqmGkGCWlco4l0bqY=
-github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.11/go.mod h1:OTaG3NK980DZzxbRq6lEuzgU+mug70nY11sMd4JXXHc=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 h1:EGfNDEx6MqHz8B3uNV6QAib1UR2Lm97sHi3ocA6ESJ4=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:CirwcVhetQ6Lv90oh/F+FBtV6XMibvdAFo93nm5qn4U=
 github.com/oklog/ulid/v2 v2.0.2 h1:r4fFzBm+bv0wNKNh5eXTwU7i85y5x+uwkxCUTNVQqLc=