diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bded46fd6ab..266764522fe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.25.0 // for `kubebuilder alpha config-gen`
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.25.2 // for `kubebuilder alpha config-gen`
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.13.0 // for `kubebuilder alpha config-gen`
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.10.0 // for `kubebuilder alpha config-gen`
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.9 // for `kubebuilder alpha config-gen`
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cf9075d136c..e2cbd36c47c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ k8s.io/api v0.25.0 h1:H+Q4ma2U/ww0iGB78ijZx6DRByPz6/733jIuFpX70e0=
 k8s.io/api v0.25.0/go.mod h1:ttceV1GyV1i1rnmvzT3BST08N6nGt+dudGrquzVQWPk=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.25.0 h1:CJ9zlyXAbq0FIW8CD7HHyozCMBpDSiH7EdrSTCZcZFY=
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.25.0/go.mod h1:3pAjZiN4zw7R8aZC5gR0y3/vCkGlAjCazcg1me8iB/E=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.25.0 h1:MlP0r6+3XbkUG2itd6vp3oxbtdQLQI94fD5gCS+gnoU=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.25.0/go.mod h1:qMx9eAk0sZQGsXGu86fab8tZdffHbwUfsvzqKn4mfB0=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.25.2 h1:WbxfAjCx+AeN8Ilp9joWnyJ6xu9OMeS/fsfjK/5zaQs=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.25.2/go.mod h1:hqqA1X0bsgsxI6dXsJ4HnNTBOmJNxyPp8dw3u2fSHwA=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.70.1 h1:7aaoSdahviPmR+XkS7FyxlkkXs6tHISSG03RxleQAVQ=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.70.1/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=