diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e57aa18..0f3d9dc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/giantswarm/policy-api v0.0.4
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
-	github.com/kyverno/kyverno v1.12.1
+	github.com/kyverno/kyverno v1.12.5
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.19.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.33.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0b3be12..1ec5421 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
-github.com/kyverno/kyverno v1.12.1 h1:MCZO6ePjqnxsGLIktIKKfw1kDyaye/dddiJChwpQKeo=
-github.com/kyverno/kyverno v1.12.1/go.mod h1:u2DvKxMip7Toa9IuZA/DQZvcYHFe3yBhN85O9llQTx0=
+github.com/kyverno/kyverno v1.12.5 h1:wDo1KZaG++T3Lp3mN2Z5Cwo/7bHAkX+mxrTSxJH/z10=
+github.com/kyverno/kyverno v1.12.5/go.mod h1:2zAmci80SENttczv3VSS21Be7dVc/UbGZmPdqmS8HS0=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 h1:UGYAvKxe3sBsEDzO8ZeWOSlIQfWFlxbzLZe7hwFURr0=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7/go.mod h1:xzfreul335JAWq5oZzymOObrkdz5UnU4kGfJJLY9Nlc=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=