diff --git a/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml b/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml
index 10ce68f9..85a97656 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: 1.25.x
+  GO_VERSION: 1.26.x
 
 jobs:
   conform-kubernetes:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
index ec14ca1c..52843a04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.25.x
+          go-version: 1.26.x
           cache-dependency-path: tests/integration/go.sum
       - name: Setup Terraform
         uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@b9cd54a3c349d3f38e8881555d616ced269862dd # v3.1.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-bootstrap.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-bootstrap.yaml
index 98a8e0d7..eb7b608b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-bootstrap.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-bootstrap.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.25.x
+          go-version: 1.26.x
           cache-dependency-path: |
             **/go.sum
             **/go.mod
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-gcp.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-gcp.yaml
index f223380d..722de3d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-gcp.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-gcp.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.25.x
+          go-version: 1.26.x
           cache-dependency-path: tests/integration/go.sum
       - name: Setup Terraform
         uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@b9cd54a3c349d3f38e8881555d616ced269862dd # v3.1.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 8cde11cb..d3143358 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.25.x
+          go-version: 1.26.x
           cache-dependency-path: |
             **/go.sum
             **/go.mod
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index a9e9e2b1..0bd40248 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.25.x
+          go-version: 1.26.x
           cache: false
       - name: Setup QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@29109295f81e9208d7d86ff1c6c12d2833863392 # v3.6.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update.yaml b/.github/workflows/update.yaml
index 09a9c39e..2d244c7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@44694675825211faa026b3c33043df3e48a5fa00 # v6.0.0
         with:
-          go-version: 1.25.x
+          go-version: 1.26.x
           cache-dependency-path: |
             **/go.sum
             **/go.mod
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ab3d5e1d..abfc1bb9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ for source changes.
 
 Prerequisites:
 
-* go >= 1.25
-* kubectl >= 1.30
+* go >= 1.26
+* kubectl >= 1.33
 * kustomize >= 5.0
 
 Install the [controller-runtime/envtest](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/tree/master/tools/setup-envtest) binaries with:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7046f4cf..64064780 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.22 AS builder
+FROM alpine:3.23 AS builder
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates curl
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RUN curl -sL https://dl.k8s.io/release/v${KUBECTL_VER}/bin/${ARCH}/kubectl \
 
 RUN kubectl version --client=true
 
-FROM alpine:3.22 AS flux-cli
+FROM alpine:3.23 AS flux-cli
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c7cd262a..5cfdad95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ rwildcard=$(foreach d,$(wildcard $(addsuffix *,$(1))),$(call rwildcard,$(d)/,$(2
 all: test build
 
 tidy:
-	go mod tidy -compat=1.25
-	cd tests/integration && go mod tidy -compat=1.25
+	go mod tidy -compat=1.26
+	cd tests/integration && go mod tidy -compat=1.26
 
 fmt:
 	go fmt ./...
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index af61db65..2458a8ec 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
 
 // Fix CVE-2022-28948.
 replace gopkg.in/yaml.v3 => gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.6.1
 	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/cli-utils v0.37.1-flux.1
-	github.com/fluxcd/go-git-providers v0.25.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/go-git-providers v0.26.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v1.4.5
 	github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api v1.0.4
 	github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api v1.0.4
@@ -46,20 +46,20 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-shellwords v1.0.12
 	github.com/notaryproject/notation-go v1.3.2
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.1
 	github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20220201140144-74d24b5ae9f5
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
 	github.com/theckman/yacspin v0.13.12
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.47.0
-	golang.org/x/term v0.39.0
-	golang.org/x/text v0.33.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.40.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.34.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.35.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.21.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.21.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.18.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.8 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0 // indirect
-	code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.22.0 // indirect
+	code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.23.2 // indirect
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/42wim/httpsig v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.21.0 // indirect
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gonvenience/text v1.0.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/btree v1.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-github/v75 v75.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-github/v82 v82.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ 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
-	gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go v0.142.5 // indirect
+	gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go v1.29.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/prometheus v0.63.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/exporters/autoexport v0.63.0 // indirect
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ require (
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.49.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.34.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.35.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.261.0 // indirect
@@ -266,5 +266,5 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2-0.20260122202528-d9cc6641c482 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9ef26be0..7480036b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.8 h1:keo8NaayQZ6wimpNSmW5OPc283g65QNIi
 cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.8/go.mod h1:XQ9y31RkqZCcwJWNSx2Xvric3RrU88hAYYbjDWYDL+c=
 cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0 h1:pDUj4QMoPejqq20dK0Pg2N4yG9zIkYGdBtwLoEkH9Zs=
 cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.9.0/go.mod h1:E0bWwX5wTnLPedCKqk3pJmVgCBSM6qQI1yTBdEb3C10=
-code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.22.0 h1:HCKq7bX/HQ85Nw7c/HAhWgRye+vBp5nQOE8Md1+9Ef0=
-code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.22.0/go.mod h1:yyF5+GhljqvA30sRDreoyHILruNiy4ASufugzYg0VHM=
+code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.23.2 h1:iJB1FDmLegwfwjX8gotBDHdPSbk/ZR8V9VmEJaVsJYg=
+code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea v0.23.2/go.mod h1:yyF5+GhljqvA30sRDreoyHILruNiy4ASufugzYg0VHM=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1 h1:Ra4+bf83h2ztPIQYNP99R6m+Y7KfnARDfID+a+vLl4s=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
 github.com/42wim/httpsig v1.2.3 h1:xb0YyWhkYj57SPtfSttIobJUPJZB9as1nsfo7KWVcEs=
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ github.com/fluxcd/cli-utils v0.37.1-flux.1 h1:WnG2mHxCPZMj/soIq/S/1zvbrGCJN3GJGb
 github.com/fluxcd/cli-utils v0.37.1-flux.1/go.mod h1:aND5wX3LuTFtB7eUT7vsWr8mmxRVSPR2Wkvbn0SqPfw=
 github.com/fluxcd/gitkit v0.6.0 h1:iNg5LTx6ePo+Pl0ZwqHTAkhbUHxGVSY3YCxCdw7VIFg=
 github.com/fluxcd/gitkit v0.6.0/go.mod h1:svOHuKi0fO9HoawdK4HfHAJJseZDHHjk7I3ihnCIqNo=
-github.com/fluxcd/go-git-providers v0.25.0 h1:zkVgujjo2VjKXbucrlTyNhHd9x+27oqyghJX9uLwQv4=
-github.com/fluxcd/go-git-providers v0.25.0/go.mod h1:8Mx5WRYb61FIjOA26DAi4Ls2rZUHSxP8Nl9qkQHDch8=
+github.com/fluxcd/go-git-providers v0.26.0 h1:0DUsXc1nS9Fe4n8tXSEUCGemWzHShd66gmotayDPekw=
+github.com/fluxcd/go-git-providers v0.26.0/go.mod h1:VJDKUOhZwNAIqDF5iPtIpTr/annsDbKMkPpWiDMBdpo=
 github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v1.4.5 h1:hMEBtgXUbJjp+ah0jPI3OOQNVngoToOQvTgFgVpAjNg=
 github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v1.4.5/go.mod h1:rCgx3qhjjtoIH+1EbzFC2vN71/pp0PgMDrZnGCZX5XY=
 github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api v1.0.4 h1:Fgdy97hXkyh/JFjxLIyq4ZDHsKsa49aumtrvIyjVd08=
@@ -302,15 +302,15 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX3N/iU=
 github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.7 h1:24VGNpS0IwrOZ2ms2P1QE3Xa5X9p4phx0aUgzYzHW6I=
 github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.7/go.mod h1:Lx5LCZQjLH1QBaMPeGwsME9biPeo1lPx6lbGj/UmzgM=
-github.com/google/go-github/v75 v75.0.0 h1:k7q8Bvg+W5KxRl9Tjq16a9XEgVY1pwuiG5sIL7435Ic=
-github.com/google/go-github/v75 v75.0.0/go.mod h1:H3LUJEA1TCrzuUqtdAQniBNwuKiQIqdGKgBo1/M/uqI=
+github.com/google/go-github/v82 v82.0.0 h1:OH09ESON2QwKCUVMYmMcVu1IFKFoaZHwqYaUtr/MVfk=
+github.com/google/go-github/v82 v82.0.0/go.mod h1:hQ6Xo0VKfL8RZ7z1hSfB4fvISg0QqHOqe9BP0qo+WvM=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.2.0 h1:yhqkPbu2/OH+V9BfpCVPZkNmUXhb2gBxJArfhIxNtP0=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.2.0/go.mod h1:8IFJqpSRITyJ8QhQ13bmbeMBDfmeEJZD5A0egEOmkqU=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 h1:xRy4A+RhZaiKjJ1bPfwQ8sedCA+YS2YcCHW6ec7JMi0=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
-github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20250630185457-6e76a2b096b5 h1:xhMrHhTJ6zxu3gA4enFM9MLn9AY7613teCdFnlUVbSQ=
-github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20250630185457-6e76a2b096b5/go.mod h1:5hDyRhoBCxViHszMt12TnOpEI4VVi+U8Gm9iphldiMA=
+github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20260115054156-294ebfa9ad83 h1:z2ogiKUYzX5Is6zr/vP9vJGqPwcdqsWjOt+V8J7+bTc=
+github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20260115054156-294ebfa9ad83/go.mod h1:MxpfABSjhmINe3F1It9d+8exIHFvUqtLIRCdOGNXqiI=
 github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.9 h1:LGD7gtMgezd8a/Xak7mEWL0PjoTQFvpRudN895yqKW0=
 github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.9/go.mod h1:YA0Ei2ZQL3acow2O62kdp9UlnvMmU7kA6Eutn0dXayM=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
@@ -447,10 +447,10 @@ github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 h1:P2Ga83D34wi1o9J6Wh1mRuqd4mF/x/lgBS7N
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5/go.mod h1:hPp6KlRPjbx+hW8ykQs1w3UBbZlj6HuIJcUGPhkA7kY=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5 h1:8xi0RTUf59SOSfEtZMvwTvXYMzG4gV23XVHOZiXNtnE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5/go.mod h1:+E8gABHa3K6zRBolWtd+ROzc/U5bkGt0FwiG042wbpU=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.2 h1:LzwLj0b89qtIy6SSASkzlNvX6WktqurSHwkk2ipF/Ns=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.2/go.mod h1:ArE1D/XhNXBXCBkKOLkbsb2c81dQHCRcF5zwn/ykDRo=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.0 h1:y2ROC3hKFmQZJNFeGAMeHZKkjBL65mIZcvrLQBF9k6Q=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.0/go.mod h1:ZCU1pkQcXDO5Sl9/VVEGlDyp+zm0m1cmeG5TOzLgdh4=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.28.0 h1:Rrf+lVLmtlBIKv6KrIGJCjyY8N36vDVcutbGJkyqjJc=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.28.0/go.mod h1:ArE1D/XhNXBXCBkKOLkbsb2c81dQHCRcF5zwn/ykDRo=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.1 h1:1IJLAad4zjPn2PsnhH70V4DKRFlrCzGBNrNaru+Vf28=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.39.1/go.mod h1:hL6yVALoTOxeWudERyfppUcZXjMwIMLnuSfruD2lcfg=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 h1:y0fUlFfIZhPF1W537XOLg0/fcx6zcHCJwooC2xJA040=
@@ -550,8 +550,8 @@ github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3/go.mod h1:6dzNDKs0J9rVPHPhaGCukekBHKqfl+L3KghI
 github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 h1:HzHnuAF1plUN2zGlAFHbSQP2qJ0ZAD3XF5XD7OesXRQ=
 github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0/go.mod h1:gj5Gd3gPdKtR1ikdDK6fnFLdmIS0X30kTTuNd/WEJu0=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
-gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go v0.142.5 h1:zvengEU958Fjwasi1V+9QNRw0viqNKkqUwvFD15XDZI=
-gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go v0.142.5/go.mod h1:Ru5IRauphXt9qwmTzJD7ou1dH7Gc6pnsdFWEiMMpmB0=
+gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go v1.29.0 h1:3KnF6vENry/9v9eVrnLi2OfBV0m/WSrwh3RcxgH/hkA=
+gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go v1.29.0/go.mod h1:6i3EZtC6gKiTTmDwp+f6r/Yi9OY4AaYubl5B3yXEdHE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ64=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KRTj+aOaElaLi+wW1kO/DZRXwkF4C5xPbEe3ZiIhN7Y=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/prometheus v0.63.0 h1:/Rij/t18Y7rUayNg7Id6rPrEnHgorxYabm2E6wUdPP4=
@@ -621,15 +621,15 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0/go.mod h1:y6Z2r+Rw4iayiXXAIxJIDAJ1zMW4yaTpebo8fPOliY
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Iy9bg/ha4yyC70EfRS8jz+B6ybOBKMaSxLj6P6oBDfU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0/go.mod h1:CKFgDieR+mRhux2Lsu27y0fO304Db0wZe70UKqHu0v8=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0/go.mod h1:kDsLvtWBEx7MV9tJOj9bnXsPbxwJQ6csT/x4KIN4Ssk=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.47.0 h1:V6e3FRj+n4dbpw86FJ8Fv7XVOql7TEwpHapKoMJ/GO8=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.47.0/go.mod h1:ff3Y9VzzKbwSSEzWqJsJVBnWmRwRSHt/6Op5n9bQc4A=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0 h1:/VRzVqiRSggnhY7gNRxPauEQ5Drw9haKdM0jqfcCFts=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.48.0/go.mod h1:r0kV5h3qnFPlQnBSrULhlsRfryS2pmewsg+XfMgkVos=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.15.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.31.0 h1:HaW9xtz0+kOcWKwli0ZXy79Ix+UW/vOfmWI5QVd2tgI=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.31.0/go.mod h1:43JraMp9cGx1Rx3AqioxrbrhNsLl2l/iNAvuBkrezpg=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.32.0 h1:9F4d3PHLljb6x//jOyokMv3eX+YDeepZSEo3mFJy93c=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.32.0/go.mod h1:SgipZ/3h2Ci89DlEtEXWUk/HteuRin+HHhN+WbNhguU=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20181114220301-adae6a3d119a/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190613194153-d28f0bde5980/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
@@ -647,8 +647,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.25.0/go.mod h1:JkAGAh7GEvH74S6FOH42FLoXpXbE/aqXSrIQjXgsiwM=
 golang.org/x/net v0.33.0/go.mod h1:HXLR5J+9DxmrqMwG9qjGCxZ+zKXxBru04zlTvWlWuN4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.49.0 h1:eeHFmOGUTtaaPSGNmjBKpbng9MulQsJURQUAfUwY++o=
 golang.org/x/net v0.49.0/go.mod h1:/ysNB2EvaqvesRkuLAyjI1ycPZlQHM3q01F02UY/MV8=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.34.0 h1:hqK/t4AKgbqWkdkcAeI8XLmbK+4m4G5YeQRrmiotGlw=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.34.0/go.mod h1:lzm5WQJQwKZ3nwavOZ3IS5Aulzxi68dUSgRHujetwEA=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.35.0 h1:Mv2mzuHuZuY2+bkyWXIHMfhNdJAdwW3FuWeCPYN5GVQ=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.35.0/go.mod h1:lzm5WQJQwKZ3nwavOZ3IS5Aulzxi68dUSgRHujetwEA=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181108010431-42b317875d0f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181221193216-37e7f081c4d4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -685,8 +685,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 h1:DBZZqJ2Rkml6QMQsZywtnjnnGvHza6BTfYFWY9kjEWQ=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0 h1:Ivj+2Cp/ylzLiEU89QhWblYnOE9zerudt9Ftecq2C6k=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
 golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20240228155512-f48c80bd79b2/go.mod h1:TeRTkGYfJXctD9OcfyVLyj2J3IxLnKwHJR8f4D8a3YE=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
@@ -696,8 +696,8 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.12.0/go.mod h1:owVbMEjm3cBLCHdkQu9b1opXd4ETQWc3BhuQGKgXgvU=
 golang.org/x/term v0.17.0/go.mod h1:lLRBjIVuehSbZlaOtGMbcMncT+aqLLLmKrsjNrUguwk=
 golang.org/x/term v0.20.0/go.mod h1:8UkIAJTvZgivsXaD6/pH6U9ecQzZ45awqEOzuCvwpFY=
 golang.org/x/term v0.27.0/go.mod h1:iMsnZpn0cago0GOrHO2+Y7u7JPn5AylBrcoWkElMTSM=
-golang.org/x/term v0.39.0 h1:RclSuaJf32jOqZz74CkPA9qFuVTX7vhLlpfj/IGWlqY=
-golang.org/x/term v0.39.0/go.mod h1:yxzUCTP/U+FzoxfdKmLaA0RV1WgE0VY7hXBwKtY/4ww=
+golang.org/x/term v0.40.0 h1:36e4zGLqU4yhjlmxEaagx2KuYbJq3EwY8K943ZsHcvg=
+golang.org/x/term v0.40.0/go.mod h1:w2P8uVp06p2iyKKuvXIm7N/y0UCRt3UfJTfZ7oOpglM=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
@@ -708,8 +708,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.13.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 golang.org/x/text v0.15.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 golang.org/x/text v0.21.0/go.mod h1:4IBbMaMmOPCJ8SecivzSH54+73PCFmPWxNTLm+vZkEQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.33.0 h1:B3njUFyqtHDUI5jMn1YIr5B0IE2U0qck04r6d4KPAxE=
-golang.org/x/text v0.33.0/go.mod h1:LuMebE6+rBincTi9+xWTY8TztLzKHc/9C1uBCG27+q8=
+golang.org/x/text v0.34.0 h1:oL/Qq0Kdaqxa1KbNeMKwQq0reLCCaFtqu2eNuSeNHbk=
+golang.org/x/text v0.34.0/go.mod h1:homfLqTYRFyVYemLBFl5GgL/DWEiH5wcsQ5gSh1yziA=
 golang.org/x/time v0.14.0 h1:MRx4UaLrDotUKUdCIqzPC48t1Y9hANFKIRpNx+Te8PI=
 golang.org/x/time v0.14.0/go.mod h1:eL/Oa2bBBK0TkX57Fyni+NgnyQQN4LitPmob2Hjnqw4=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
@@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc
 golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0/go.mod h1:HvlwmtVNQAhOuCjW7xxvovg8wbNq7LwfXh/k7wXUl58=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.21.1-0.20240508182429-e35e4ccd0d2d/go.mod h1:aiJjzUbINMkxbQROHiO6hDPo2LHcIPhhQsa9DLh0yGk=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.40.0 h1:yLkxfA+Qnul4cs9QA3KnlFu0lVmd8JJfoq+E41uSutA=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.40.0/go.mod h1:Ik/tzLRlbscWpqqMRjyWYDisX8bG13FrdXp3o4Sr9lc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.41.0 h1:a9b8iMweWG+S0OBnlU36rzLp20z1Rp10w+IY2czHTQc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.41.0/go.mod h1:XSY6eDqxVNiYgezAVqqCeihT4j1U2CCsqvH3WhQpnlg=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.5.0 h1:JELs8RLM12qJGXU4u/TO3V25KW8GreMKl9pdkk14RM0=
 gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:AH3dM2RI6uoBZxn3LVrfvJ3E0/9dG4cSrbuBJT4moAY=
@@ -780,8 +780,8 @@ k8s.io/kubectl v0.35.0 h1:cL/wJKHDe8E8+rP3G7avnymcMg6bH6JEcR5w5uo06wc=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.35.0/go.mod h1:VR5/TSkYyxZwrRwY5I5dDq6l5KXmiCb+9w8IKplk3Qo=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 h1:SjGebBtkBqHFOli+05xYbK8YF1Dzkbzn+gDM4X9T4Ck=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.0 h1:Ubi7klJWiwEWqDY+odSVZiFA0aDSevOCXpa38yCSYu8=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.0/go.mod h1:DBOIr9NsprUqCZ1ZhsuJ0wAnQSIxY/C6VjZbmLgw0j0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1 h1:TjJSM80Nf43Mg21+RCy3J70aj/W6KyvDtOlpKf+PupE=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1/go.mod h1:B6COOxKptp+YaUT5q4l6LqUJTRpizbgf9KSRNdQGns0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.21.1 h1:lzqbzvz2CSvsjIUZUBNFKtIMsEw7hVLJp0JeSIVmuJs=
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.21.1 h1:IVlbmhC076nf6foyL6Taw4BkrLuEsXUXNpsE+ScX7
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.21.1/go.mod h1:hmxADesM3yUN2vbA5z1/YTBnzLJ1dajdqpQonwBL1FQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 h1:jTijUJbW353oVOd9oTlifJqOGEkUw2jB/fXCbTiQEco=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2-0.20260122202528-d9cc6641c482 h1:2WOzJpHUBVrrkDjU4KBT8n5LDcj824eX0I5UKcgeRUs=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2-0.20260122202528-d9cc6641c482/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 h1:G8fkbMSAFqgEFgh4b1wmtzDnioxFCUgTZhlbj5P9QYs=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:796bPqUfzR/0jLAl6XjHl3Ck7MiyVv8dbTdyT3/pMf4=
diff --git a/tests/integration/go.mod b/tests/integration/go.mod
index 404f54f4..8ddf4ec3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/go.mod
+++ b/tests/integration/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/fluxcd/flux2/tests/integration
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/pubsub v1.50.1
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.0
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -149,6 +149,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2-0.20260122202528-d9cc6641c482 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/tests/integration/go.sum b/tests/integration/go.sum
index 8ff80d3e..7b16a419 100644
--- a/tests/integration/go.sum
+++ b/tests/integration/go.sum
@@ -534,13 +534,13 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912 h1:Y3gxNAuB0OBLImH611+UDZ
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912/go.mod h1:kdmbQkyfwUagLfXIad1y2TdrjPFWp2Q89B3qkRwf/pQ=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 h1:SjGebBtkBqHFOli+05xYbK8YF1Dzkbzn+gDM4X9T4Ck=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.0 h1:Ubi7klJWiwEWqDY+odSVZiFA0aDSevOCXpa38yCSYu8=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.0/go.mod h1:DBOIr9NsprUqCZ1ZhsuJ0wAnQSIxY/C6VjZbmLgw0j0=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1 h1:TjJSM80Nf43Mg21+RCy3J70aj/W6KyvDtOlpKf+PupE=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1/go.mod h1:B6COOxKptp+YaUT5q4l6LqUJTRpizbgf9KSRNdQGns0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 h1:jTijUJbW353oVOd9oTlifJqOGEkUw2jB/fXCbTiQEco=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2-0.20260122202528-d9cc6641c482 h1:2WOzJpHUBVrrkDjU4KBT8n5LDcj824eX0I5UKcgeRUs=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2-0.20260122202528-d9cc6641c482/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 h1:G8fkbMSAFqgEFgh4b1wmtzDnioxFCUgTZhlbj5P9QYs=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:796bPqUfzR/0jLAl6XjHl3Ck7MiyVv8dbTdyT3/pMf4=