diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d0c5318b9..328f2fe45 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.14.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0
-	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20260213040858-e1c8201eff22
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20260212204335-aed281c35483
+	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20260217220446-2d61e943b3e2
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20260213213800-b2e9f88ff6d4
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260127142750-a19766b6e2d4
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260210185600-b8788abfbbc2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8204a965f..69ba7fb2f 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 v0.0.0-20260213040858-e1c8201eff22 h1:xGZwdN3/dzRrCXmjw7t4v2rTAjVpKYCJva3VWac7PuI=
-k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20260213040858-e1c8201eff22/go.mod h1:lqM03fgO3Hxw6VR9c5bLCKvc1v/PIcun8qcqYrhZJeU=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20260212204335-aed281c35483 h1:t6T/l7vW88+5v57Tp3Vnwg9WYfPaydspTn+V3YNGCP0=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20260212204335-aed281c35483/go.mod h1:7mgr/dli8ofwAbcIQXetFVX1fbOYsOYojq3AUbybVmQ=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20260217220446-2d61e943b3e2 h1:hz3VMMP/vBHHK3Ulp89BXapG9DuEs4hVxZzZBNYNCf0=
+k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20260217220446-2d61e943b3e2/go.mod h1:8BEW353xrXUy33GUhF+cHr8Eowld2RlMBGa0FtBxVBE=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20260213213800-b2e9f88ff6d4 h1:j7KN7psxTee9cZ6iPHNIxsXol0uVVoinhRn021NvNJY=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20260213213800-b2e9f88ff6d4/go.mod h1:7mgr/dli8ofwAbcIQXetFVX1fbOYsOYojq3AUbybVmQ=
 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 v0.0.0-20260127142750-a19766b6e2d4 h1:HhDfevmPS+OalTjQRKbTHppRIz01AWi8s45TMXStgYY=
diff --git a/util/certificate/csr/csr.go b/util/certificate/csr/csr.go
index 6f99dcd24..6b0efff06 100644
--- a/util/certificate/csr/csr.go
+++ b/util/certificate/csr/csr.go
@@ -78,13 +78,15 @@ func RequestCertificateWithContext(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interfa
 		csr.Spec.ExpirationSeconds = DurationToExpirationSeconds(*requestedDuration)
 	}
 
+	logger := klog.FromContext(ctx)
+
 	reqName, reqUID, err = create(ctx, client, csr)
 	switch {
 	case err == nil:
+		logger.V(2).Info("Certificate signing request created", "csr", reqName)
 		return reqName, reqUID, err
 
 	case apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) && len(name) > 0:
-		logger := klog.FromContext(ctx)
 		logger.Info("csr for this node already exists, reusing")
 		req, err := get(ctx, client, name)
 		if err != nil {