diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aa2cd0d4e..1ad55d14b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 module k8s.io/client-go
 
-go 1.25.0
+go 1.26.0
 
-godebug default=go1.25
+godebug default=go1.26
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20260305202001-09f708083100
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20260306041625-ad452d79d325
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20260306081949-82b9cd13f9e4
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20260306081630-647784e3f84c
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260304202019-5b3e3fdb0acf
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260210185600-b8788abfbbc2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f9686b995..c6eb771e4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ 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 v0.0.0-20260305202001-09f708083100 h1:XLm9q3tjwYVy7UtXyR2rXcXhuwLl9FS3EBviImTqEyY=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20260305202001-09f708083100/go.mod h1:OkdffVKlvY06w7bcOiN1Qwm9YHJN69fRCg3KOrcvzXA=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20260306041625-ad452d79d325 h1:kY0WjZo+9Z+j8/JJC4kKpbepLfAZcxUScNFlJGcQDqE=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20260306041625-ad452d79d325/go.mod h1:9sknkZ1NqQKAYSLnOwJBvo3D1Ky43W62XPxLGO56qSw=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20260306081949-82b9cd13f9e4 h1:J6N4bA1RdJf/WidpDCAUWBwC4t8Fl7uUoJi2lEDkf4w=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20260306081949-82b9cd13f9e4/go.mod h1:c5/X+3BzwOR8e8Tp0Mmb8vIR+8qb15ndtumwdYhVfro=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20260306081630-647784e3f84c h1:RoUd31LCDoEFVv903GyxlVxoiF63LVg6h5eGnhbj+jw=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20260306081630-647784e3f84c/go.mod h1:BRZJp+rI0KQ4rFG0tVMWDQlu2NrN/ym/0cFc2m06TcI=
 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 v0.0.0-20260304202019-5b3e3fdb0acf h1:btPscg4cMql0XdYK2jLsJcNEKmACJz8l+U7geC06FiM=
diff --git a/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock/leaselock.go b/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock/leaselock.go
index 79a748b74..b03e3c128 100644
--- a/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock/leaselock.go
+++ b/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock/leaselock.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (ll *LeaseLock) RecordEvent(s string) {
 	// Populate the type meta, so we don't have to get it from the schema
 	subject.Kind = "Lease"
 	subject.APIVersion = coordinationv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String()
-	ll.LockConfig.EventRecorder.Eventf(subject, corev1.EventTypeNormal, "LeaderElection", events)
+	ll.LockConfig.EventRecorder.Eventf(subject, corev1.EventTypeNormal, "LeaderElection", "%s", events)
 }
 
 // Describe is used to convert details on current resource lock
diff --git a/tools/record/event_test.go b/tools/record/event_test.go
index a988a4afc..c5748726f 100644
--- a/tools/record/event_test.go
+++ b/tools/record/event_test.go
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ func TestLotsOfEvents(t *testing.T) {
 			APIVersion: "version",
 		}
 		// we need to vary the reason to prevent aggregation
-		go recorder.Eventf(ref, v1.EventTypeNormal, "Reason-"+strconv.Itoa(i), strconv.Itoa(i))
+		go recorder.Eventf(ref, v1.EventTypeNormal, "Reason-"+strconv.Itoa(i), "%s", strconv.Itoa(i))
 	}
 	// Make sure no events were dropped by either of the listeners.
 	for i := 0; i < maxQueuedEvents; i++ {