diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 52c6df35f..4466496f4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.32.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ff // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738 // indirect
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250321185631-1f6e0b77f77e // indirect
 	lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.20.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241010143419-9aa6b5e7a4b3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 12bd92803..ebc28b191 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1524,8 +1524,8 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20200805222855-6aeccd4b50c6/go.mod h1:UuqjUnNftUyPE5H
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ff h1:/usPimJzUKKu+m+TE36gUyGcf03XZEP0ZIKgKj35LS4=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ff/go.mod h1:5jIi+8yX4RIb8wk3XwBo5Pq2ccx4FP10ohkbSKCZoK8=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200729134348-d5654de09c73/go.mod h1:jPW/WVKK9YHAvNhRxK0md/EJ228hCsBRufyofKtW8HA=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738 h1:M3sRQVHv7vB20Xc2ybTt7ODCeFj6JSWYFzOFnYeS6Ro=
-k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250321185631-1f6e0b77f77e h1:KqK5c/ghOm8xkHYhlodbp6i6+r+ChV2vuAuVRdFbLro=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250321185631-1f6e0b77f77e/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0 h1:mBi/5l91vocEN8otkC5bDLhi2KdCticRiwbdB0O+rjI=
 lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:c4eWIwlEGaxC/+H1VguhU4PHXNWDCDMUlWdIWl2j1gk=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/utils/buffer/ring_growing.go b/vendor/k8s.io/utils/buffer/ring_growing.go
index 86965a513..77243575c 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/utils/buffer/ring_growing.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/utils/buffer/ring_growing.go
@@ -70,3 +70,13 @@ func (r *RingGrowing) WriteOne(data interface{}) {
 	r.data[(r.readable+r.beg)%r.n] = data
 	r.readable++
 }
+
+// Len returns the number of items in the buffer.
+func (r *RingGrowing) Len() int {
+	return r.readable
+}
+
+// Cap returns the capacity of the buffer.
+func (r *RingGrowing) Cap() int {
+	return r.n
+}
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/utils/clock/testing/fake_clock.go b/vendor/k8s.io/utils/clock/testing/fake_clock.go
index 79e11deb6..462c40c2c 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/utils/clock/testing/fake_clock.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/utils/clock/testing/fake_clock.go
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ type fakeClockWaiter struct {
 	stepInterval  time.Duration
 	skipIfBlocked bool
 	destChan      chan time.Time
-	fired         bool
 	afterFunc     func()
 }
 
@@ -198,12 +197,10 @@ func (f *FakeClock) setTimeLocked(t time.Time) {
 			if w.skipIfBlocked {
 				select {
 				case w.destChan <- t:
-					w.fired = true
 				default:
 				}
 			} else {
 				w.destChan <- t
-				w.fired = true
 			}
 
 			if w.afterFunc != nil {
@@ -305,44 +302,48 @@ func (f *fakeTimer) C() <-chan time.Time {
 	return f.waiter.destChan
 }
 
-// Stop stops the timer and returns true if the timer has not yet fired, or false otherwise.
+// Stop prevents the Timer from firing. It returns true if the call stops the
+// timer, false if the timer has already expired or been stopped.
 func (f *fakeTimer) Stop() bool {
 	f.fakeClock.lock.Lock()
 	defer f.fakeClock.lock.Unlock()
 
+	active := false
 	newWaiters := make([]*fakeClockWaiter, 0, len(f.fakeClock.waiters))
 	for i := range f.fakeClock.waiters {
 		w := f.fakeClock.waiters[i]
 		if w != &f.waiter {
 			newWaiters = append(newWaiters, w)
+			continue
 		}
+		// If timer is found, it has not been fired yet.
+		active = true
 	}
 
 	f.fakeClock.waiters = newWaiters
 
-	return !f.waiter.fired
+	return active
 }
 
-// Reset resets the timer to the fake clock's "now" + d. It returns true if the timer has not yet
-// fired, or false otherwise.
+// Reset changes the timer to expire after duration d. It returns true if the
+// timer had been active, false if the timer had expired or been stopped.
 func (f *fakeTimer) Reset(d time.Duration) bool {
 	f.fakeClock.lock.Lock()
 	defer f.fakeClock.lock.Unlock()
 
-	active := !f.waiter.fired
+	active := false
 
-	f.waiter.fired = false
 	f.waiter.targetTime = f.fakeClock.time.Add(d)
 
-	var isWaiting bool
 	for i := range f.fakeClock.waiters {
 		w := f.fakeClock.waiters[i]
 		if w == &f.waiter {
-			isWaiting = true
+			// If timer is found, it has not been fired yet.
+			active = true
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	if !isWaiting {
+	if !active {
 		f.fakeClock.waiters = append(f.fakeClock.waiters, &f.waiter)
 	}
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 5dda33dc8..813fd30d8 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/schemaconv
 k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/spec3
 k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/util/proto
 k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/validation/spec
-# k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738
+# k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250321185631-1f6e0b77f77e
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 k8s.io/utils/buffer
 k8s.io/utils/clock