diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 71da198d..2b3298c1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20240920202009-71385f038c10
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240925041717-7f7bf1108918
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240926041705-dc03077c038e
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240827152857-f7e401e7b4c2
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a1f6fd4b..11caa93f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ 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 v0.0.0-20240920202009-71385f038c10 h1:shjQe98Co9zBlDzQkxb5IJEWtReSl7qunr56C4Jgc70=
 k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20240920202009-71385f038c10/go.mod h1:KCEt6+W/Yn1Vc48pYXeLf0mGK52kJhvt+rcaUVsIaKQ=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240925041717-7f7bf1108918 h1:ng/G1Cex08Vz3thCE0X7s2vn6eHduxFOG9khssm3dwM=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240925041717-7f7bf1108918/go.mod h1:5rKPDwwN9qm//xASFCZ83nyYEanHxxhc7pZ8AC4lukY=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240926041705-dc03077c038e h1:/N2qUkIcQ8VaZbmy28grdhVBbNXO6KLZRdz6F2siNeY=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20240926041705-dc03077c038e/go.mod h1:5rKPDwwN9qm//xASFCZ83nyYEanHxxhc7pZ8AC4lukY=
 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 v0.0.0-20240827152857-f7e401e7b4c2 h1:GKE9U8BH16uynoxQii0auTjmmmuZ3O0LFMN6S0lPPhI=
diff --git a/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection_test.go b/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection_test.go
index 91959ae3..211f11df 100644
--- a/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection_test.go
+++ b/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection_test.go
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ func TestLeaderElectionConfigValidation(t *testing.T) {
 	lock.LockConfig = resourceLockConfig
 	lec.Lock = lock
 	_, err = NewLeaderElector(lec)
-	assert.Error(t, err, fmt.Errorf("Lock identity is empty"))
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "Lock identity is empty")
 }
 
 func assertEqualEvents(t *testing.T, expected []string, actual <-chan string) {