diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a33bc3ba6..4771b039a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20250910154843-1fa0d26cdf76
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250910154559-505905675348
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250910225611-100e5eee9b94
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c29e342f9..0635be28c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ 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 v0.0.0-20250910154843-1fa0d26cdf76 h1:LClGpQ84ltOdzxjziPEYm2NytS8wlLsNWuRjFZPqs04=
 k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20250910154843-1fa0d26cdf76/go.mod h1:PJ8lBYC0ACxXtw8039EoZbQpH1jObX2uJcQq+AtMFbM=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250910154559-505905675348 h1:a3sxx4Oe6kASeOXy+jKuNT10on+c4MYCYaaNM2GokMQ=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250910154559-505905675348/go.mod h1:e4PlUo2z96rImpZLr3O4JWowzW30ALyjsbqt07xJKSM=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250910225611-100e5eee9b94 h1:0/+PV1z/hEqYcNLwL61R7uPoDqqqA521Yt61zjI2eBk=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.0.0-20250910225611-100e5eee9b94/go.mod h1:e4PlUo2z96rImpZLr3O4JWowzW30ALyjsbqt07xJKSM=
 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 v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b h1:MloQ9/bdJyIu9lb1PzujOPolHyvO06MXG5TUIj2mNAA=
diff --git a/tools/events/event_broadcaster.go b/tools/events/event_broadcaster.go
index 94c2012b8..ff6b2c4fa 100644
--- a/tools/events/event_broadcaster.go
+++ b/tools/events/event_broadcaster.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func recordEvent(ctx context.Context, sink EventSink, event *eventsv1.Event) (*e
 		newEvent, err = sink.Patch(ctx, event, patch)
 	}
 	// Update can fail because the event may have been removed and it no longer exists.
-	if !isEventSeries || (isEventSeries && util.IsKeyNotFoundError(err)) {
+	if !isEventSeries || util.IsKeyNotFoundError(err) {
 		// Making sure that ResourceVersion is empty on creation
 		event.ResourceVersion = ""
 		newEvent, err = sink.Create(ctx, event)
diff --git a/tools/record/event.go b/tools/record/event.go
index f97c5d612..58322d44d 100644
--- a/tools/record/event.go
+++ b/tools/record/event.go
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ func recordEvent(ctx context.Context, sink EventSink, event *v1.Event, patch []b
 		newEvent, err = sink.Patch(event, patch)
 	}
 	// Update can fail because the event may have been removed and it no longer exists.
-	if !updateExistingEvent || (updateExistingEvent && util.IsKeyNotFoundError(err)) {
+	if !updateExistingEvent || util.IsKeyNotFoundError(err) {
 		// Making sure that ResourceVersion is empty on creation
 		event.ResourceVersion = ""
 		newEvent, err = sink.Create(event)