diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7d5c1c5..c8b9c50 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.2
-	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.85.5
+	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.86.4
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1f33400..31f4d50 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nos
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
 github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.22.0 h1:DVe+Zjrb93r9vI1uUiCTMHBffIUoMAKhNzFZNC6hsQ8=
 github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.22.0/go.mod h1:FROhfVKyWBo4krlPe3R6FIhJRmOmijEWBdEeUP0CJjE=
-github.com/gardener/gardener v1.85.5 h1:17+/xHJ+k4c9nqkI4+XIRqEcEXm8vuF4b2/b/pVvdJo=
-github.com/gardener/gardener v1.85.5/go.mod h1:8eHlXs2EkaghrgQwK8qEiVw3dZGpNJaq+I9IkPpReA4=
+github.com/gardener/gardener v1.86.4 h1:uxMalw67jddMXliPhv5vs1nOB7G8hbFE1XKoyZjIMlE=
+github.com/gardener/gardener v1.86.4/go.mod h1:8eHlXs2EkaghrgQwK8qEiVw3dZGpNJaq+I9IkPpReA4=
 github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.5.0 h1:f4F3O7YUrenwh4S3TgPREPiB287JjjUiUL18OqPLyAA=
 github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.5.0/go.mod h1:QQl3ELkCaki+8RhXl0FZMfvnm0WCGwGJlGmrxJj6lvM=
 github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.50.0 h1:3dcQjzueFU1TGgprV00adjb3OCR99myTBx8DQGxywks=