diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index 919fa9d4e1..c1a14be81f 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.13
 	github.com/joelanford/go-apidiff v0.7.0
-	github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.35.2
+	github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.40.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.27.2
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.27.1
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415 // indirect
 	github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/yashtewari/glob-intersection v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/zeebo/errs v1.3.0 // indirect
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.11.3 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index 0dcdad9675..e5c9e8efdc 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ github.com/alcortesm/tgz v0.0.0-20161220082320-9c5fe88206d7/go.mod h1:6zEj6s6u/g
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.3.0 h1:mAsH2wmvjsuvyBvAmCtm7zFsBlb8mIHx5ySLVdDZXL0=
 github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.1.0 h1:z7dElHRrOEEq45F2TG5cbQihMtNTv8vwldytDj7Wrz4=
 github.com/alecthomas/participle/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:Y1+hAs8DHPmc3YUFzqllV+eSQ9ljPTk0ZkPMtEdAx2c=
-github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.2.0 h1:HAzS41CIzNW5syS8Mf9UwXhNH1J9aix/BvDRf1Ml2Yk=
+github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.3.0 h1:NeYzUPfjjlqHY4KtzgKJiWd6sVq2eNUPTi34PiFGjY8=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alessio/shellescape v1.4.1 h1:V7yhSDDn8LP4lc4jS8pFkt0zCnzVJlG5JXy9BVKJUX0=
@@ -768,8 +768,8 @@ github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.50 h1:DQUfb9uc6smULcREF09Uc+/Gd46YWqJd5DbpPE9xkcA=
 github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.0.3-0.20190429190417-a667d056470f/go.mod h1:XsNlhZGX73bx86s2hdc/FuaLm2CPZJemRLMA+WTFxgs=
 github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.1.1 h1:Ugu9pdy6vAYku5DEpVWVFPYnzV+bxB+iRdbuFSu7TvU=
 github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.1.1/go.mod h1:XsNlhZGX73bx86s2hdc/FuaLm2CPZJemRLMA+WTFxgs=
-github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.35.2 h1:WAvRpJNytw13x1arsRprZcdOb3WxDIJ539NG4oshzFc=
-github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.35.2/go.mod h1:7nyFSLbxP+nXJNoPXUbYTlJDDn/d9K/SMtKbOqQLbwM=
+github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.40.1 h1:rc4aVCWlpS2Cs5GzX2g6Hp8nbk9UX6Ulr3vnkKMAUW8=
+github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 v4.40.1/go.mod h1:i/9RH2cZEwmzz6My0QfUIXyBUgrwFbRayztYOHzpUF8=
 github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.0.0/go.mod h1:hNIlj7HEI86fIcpObd7a0FcrxTWetlwJDGcceTlRvqc=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.0.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
@@ -1048,6 +1048,8 @@ github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.32/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9de
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.3.5/go.mod h1:mwnBkeHKe2W/ZEtQ+71ViKU8L12m81fl3OWwC1Zlc8k=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
+github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.0 h1:BojcDhfyDWgU2f2TOzYK/g5p2gxMrku8oupLDqlnSqE=
+github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.0/go.mod h1:GBR0iDaNXjAgGg9zfCvksxSRnQx76gclCIb7kdAd1Pw=
 github.com/zeebo/errs v1.3.0 h1:hmiaKqgYZzcVgRL1Vkc1Mn2914BbzB0IBxs+ebeutGs=
 github.com/zeebo/errs v1.3.0/go.mod h1:sgbWHsvVuTPHcqJJGQ1WhI5KbWlHYz+2+2C/LSEtCw4=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=