diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d6c0a199..2531059c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.5
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20250612195650-7efafe3627c8
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250612195403-e0270fe44c97
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20250616192729-f4a3fcd2245e
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250617032454-d2d60b8eb21f
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ff
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3d301c73..9baf4871 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20250612195650-7efafe3627c8 h1:K1AnJQBQTKLy2C/up2YSFuuQ+OBucYGcDCBO2cafjlQ=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20250612195650-7efafe3627c8/go.mod h1:+9QbMyXTXctHAXg3fdhJbuZgyzhYgprCn43M5NqoJzw=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250612195403-e0270fe44c97 h1:h2og30eGCCk1GOEZK6+LNhhlydDcWY3wJaWDIs05xR8=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250612195403-e0270fe44c97/go.mod h1:EZ7eIfFAwky7ktmG4Pu9XWxBxFG++4dxPDOM0GL3abw=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20250616192729-f4a3fcd2245e h1:YVWWCL8/51Adbyo/pps3kAK1Asi7W8RSFVU9JbJJAkU=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20250616192729-f4a3fcd2245e/go.mod h1:+9QbMyXTXctHAXg3fdhJbuZgyzhYgprCn43M5NqoJzw=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250617032454-d2d60b8eb21f h1:+TyAxkvb3oaCIN4Ev+o9FvyFVd1VDcWHHrEKB5V6zRE=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250617032454-d2d60b8eb21f/go.mod h1:/kMnP8WowZRse4LjwOCxh+RR0W03jl2f/gCRYqeYMZA=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ff h1:/usPimJzUKKu+m+TE36gUyGcf03XZEP0ZIKgKj35LS4=
diff --git a/util/consistencydetector/data_consistency_detector.go b/util/consistencydetector/data_consistency_detector.go
index 72a871d4..32ee2c76 100644
--- a/util/consistencydetector/data_consistency_detector.go
+++ b/util/consistencydetector/data_consistency_detector.go
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ package consistencydetector
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp" //nolint:depguard
-
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ func CheckDataConsistency[T runtime.Object, U any](ctx context.Context, identity
 	sort.Sort(byUID(listItems))
 	sort.Sort(byUID(retrievedItems))
 
-	if !cmp.Equal(listItems, retrievedItems) {
-		klog.Infof("previously received data for %s is different than received by the standard list api call against etcd, diff: %v", identity, cmp.Diff(listItems, retrievedItems))
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(listItems, retrievedItems) {
+		klog.Infof("previously received data for %s is different than received by the standard list api call against etcd, diff: %v", identity, diff.Diff(listItems, retrievedItems))
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("data inconsistency detected for %s, panicking!", identity)
 		panic(msg)
 	}