diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 544d4c295fc..345fc898eb6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/sample-apiserver v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/system-validators v1.8.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
-	sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.16
+	sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.17
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2dae66d1ecb..7030da830b4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -970,8 +970,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3 h1:2770sDpzrjjsA
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.3/go.mod h1:Ve9uj1L+deCXFrPOk1LpFXqTg7LCFzFso6PA48q/XZw=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
-sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.16 h1:ZpTfNsjnidgoXdxxzcZLdSctqkpSO3QB3jo3zQ4PXqM=
-sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.16/go.mod h1:f/5ZLKYEUPUhVjUCg6l80ACdL7CIIyeL0DxfgojGRTk=
+sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.17 h1:wGchTyRF/iGTIjd+vRaR1m676HM7jB8soFtyr/148ic=
+sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.17/go.mod h1:f/5ZLKYEUPUhVjUCg6l80ACdL7CIIyeL0DxfgojGRTk=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.2 h1:E7/Fjk7V5fboiuijoZHgs4aHuexi5Y2loXlVOAVAG5g=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.2/go.mod h1:UWTz9Ct+MvoeQsHcJ5e+vziRRkwimm3HytpZgIYqye0=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.14.1/go.mod h1:Sw1cPsFqh4uYczCWKlidPgMrsffLPCAB+7ytYLlauY4=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 8e49615368b..8a81ddf1a68 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client/proto/client
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 sigs.k8s.io/json
 sigs.k8s.io/json/internal/golang/encoding/json
-# sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.16
+# sigs.k8s.io/knftables v0.0.17
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 sigs.k8s.io/knftables
 # sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.17.2
diff --git a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/CHANGELOG.md b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/CHANGELOG.md
index 33bb8ef172c..4f1dc3a3542 100644
--- a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 # ChangeLog
 
+## v0.0.17
+
+- `ListRules()` now accepts `""` for the chain name, meaning to list
+  all rules in the table. (`@caseydavenport`)
+
+- `ListElements()` now handles elements with prefix/CIDR values (e.g.,
+  `"192.168.0.0/16"`; these are represented specially in the JSON
+  format and the old code didn't handle them). (`@caseydavenport`)
+
+- Added `NumOperations()` to `Transaction` (which lets you figure out
+  belatedly whether you added anything to the transaction or not, and
+  could also be used for metrics). (`@fasaxc`)
+
+- `knftables.Interface` now reuses the same `bytes.Buffer` for each
+  call to `nft` rather than constructing a new one each time, saving
+  time and memory. (`@aroradaman`)
+
+- Fixed map element deletion in `knftables.Fake` to not mistakenly
+  require that you fill in the `.Value` of the element. (`@npinaeva`)
+
+- Added `Fake.LastTransaction`, to retrieve the most-recently-executed
+  transaction. (`@npinaeva`)
+
 ## v0.0.16
 
 - Fixed a bug in `Fake.ParseDump()` when using IPv6. (`@npinaeva`)
diff --git a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/README.md b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/README.md
index c2139b04ea2..794b15bb71d 100644
--- a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/README.md
+++ b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/README.md
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ specifically focuses on supporting Kubernetes components which are
 using nftables in the way that nftables is supposed to be used (as
 opposed to using nftables in a naively-translated-from-iptables way,
 or using nftables to do totally valid things that aren't the sorts of
-things Kubernetes components are likely to need to do).
+things Kubernetes components are likely to need to do; see the
+"[iptables porting](./docs/iptables-porting.md)" doc for more thoughts
+on porting old iptables-based components to nftables.)
 
-It is still under development and is not yet API stable. (See the
+knftables is still under development and is not yet API stable. (See the
 section on "Possible future changes" below.)
 
 The library is implemented as a wrapper around the `nft` CLI, because
diff --git a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/fake.go b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/fake.go
index 694c9709c87..584c27a540a 100644
--- a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/fake.go
+++ b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/fake.go
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ type Fake struct {
 	// Table contains the Interface's table. This will be `nil` until you `tx.Add()`
 	// the table.
 	Table *FakeTable
+
+	// LastTransaction is the last transaction passed to Run(). It will remain set until the
+	// next time Run() is called. (It is not affected by Check().)
+	LastTransaction *Transaction
 }
 
 // FakeTable wraps Table for the Fake implementation
@@ -120,13 +124,23 @@ func (fake *Fake) List(_ context.Context, objectType string) ([]string, error) {
 // ListRules is part of Interface
 func (fake *Fake) ListRules(_ context.Context, chain string) ([]*Rule, error) {
 	if fake.Table == nil {
-		return nil, notFoundError("no such chain %q", chain)
+		return nil, notFoundError("no such table %q", fake.table)
 	}
-	ch := fake.Table.Chains[chain]
-	if ch == nil {
-		return nil, notFoundError("no such chain %q", chain)
+
+	rules := []*Rule{}
+	if chain == "" {
+		// Include all rules across all chains.
+		for _, ch := range fake.Table.Chains {
+			rules = append(rules, ch.Rules...)
+		}
+	} else {
+		ch := fake.Table.Chains[chain]
+		if ch == nil {
+			return nil, notFoundError("no such chain %q", chain)
+		}
+		rules = append(rules, ch.Rules...)
 	}
-	return ch.Rules, nil
+	return rules, nil
 }
 
 // ListElements is part of Interface
@@ -155,6 +169,7 @@ func (fake *Fake) NewTransaction() *Transaction {
 
 // Run is part of Interface
 func (fake *Fake) Run(_ context.Context, tx *Transaction) error {
+	fake.LastTransaction = tx
 	updatedTable, err := fake.run(tx)
 	if err == nil {
 		fake.Table = updatedTable
@@ -341,7 +356,7 @@ func (fake *Fake) run(tx *Transaction) (*FakeTable, error) {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unhandled operation %q", op.verb)
 			}
 		case *Element:
-			if len(obj.Value) == 0 {
+			if obj.Set != "" {
 				existingSet := updatedTable.Sets[obj.Set]
 				if existingSet == nil {
 					return nil, notFoundError("no such set %q", obj.Set)
diff --git a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/nftables.go b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/nftables.go
index 7063d292791..8cb343806a3 100644
--- a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/nftables.go
+++ b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/nftables.go
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ limitations under the License.
 package knftables
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 )
 
 // Interface is an interface for running nftables commands against a given family and table.
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ type Interface interface {
 	// list and no error.
 	List(ctx context.Context, objectType string) ([]string, error)
 
-	// ListRules returns a list of the rules in a chain, in order. Note that at the
+	// ListRules returns a list of the rules in a chain, in order. If no chain name is
+	// specified, then all rules within the table will be returned. Note that at the
 	// present time, the Rule objects will have their `Comment` and `Handle` fields
 	// filled in, but *not* the actual `Rule` field. So this can only be used to find
 	// the handles of rules if they have unique comments to recognize them by, or if
@@ -70,6 +73,9 @@ type nftContext struct {
 type realNFTables struct {
 	nftContext
 
+	bufferMutex sync.Mutex
+	buffer      *bytes.Buffer
+
 	exec execer
 	path string
 }
@@ -84,8 +90,8 @@ func newInternal(family Family, table string, execer execer) (Interface, error)
 			family: family,
 			table:  table,
 		},
-
-		exec: execer,
+		buffer: &bytes.Buffer{},
+		exec:   execer,
 	}
 
 	nft.path, err = nft.exec.LookPath("nft")
@@ -135,34 +141,42 @@ func (nft *realNFTables) NewTransaction() *Transaction {
 
 // Run is part of Interface
 func (nft *realNFTables) Run(ctx context.Context, tx *Transaction) error {
+	nft.bufferMutex.Lock()
+	defer nft.bufferMutex.Unlock()
+
 	if tx.err != nil {
 		return tx.err
 	}
 
-	buf, err := tx.asCommandBuf()
+	nft.buffer.Reset()
+	err := tx.populateCommandBuf(nft.buffer)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, nft.path, "-f", "-")
-	cmd.Stdin = buf
+	cmd.Stdin = nft.buffer
 	_, err = nft.exec.Run(cmd)
 	return err
 }
 
 // Check is part of Interface
 func (nft *realNFTables) Check(ctx context.Context, tx *Transaction) error {
+	nft.bufferMutex.Lock()
+	defer nft.bufferMutex.Unlock()
+
 	if tx.err != nil {
 		return tx.err
 	}
 
-	buf, err := tx.asCommandBuf()
+	nft.buffer.Reset()
+	err := tx.populateCommandBuf(nft.buffer)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, nft.path, "--check", "-f", "-")
-	cmd.Stdin = buf
+	cmd.Stdin = nft.buffer
 	_, err = nft.exec.Run(cmd)
 	return err
 }
@@ -298,7 +312,13 @@ func (nft *realNFTables) List(ctx context.Context, objectType string) ([]string,
 
 // ListRules is part of Interface
 func (nft *realNFTables) ListRules(ctx context.Context, chain string) ([]*Rule, error) {
-	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, nft.path, "--json", "list", "chain", string(nft.family), nft.table, chain)
+	// If no chain is given, return all rules from within the table.
+	var cmd *exec.Cmd
+	if chain == "" {
+		cmd = exec.CommandContext(ctx, nft.path, "--json", "list", "table", string(nft.family), nft.table)
+	} else {
+		cmd = exec.CommandContext(ctx, nft.path, "--json", "list", "chain", string(nft.family), nft.table, chain)
+	}
 	out, err := nft.exec.Run(cmd)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to run nft: %w", err)
@@ -311,8 +331,12 @@ func (nft *realNFTables) ListRules(ctx context.Context, chain string) ([]*Rule,
 
 	rules := make([]*Rule, 0, len(jsonRules))
 	for _, jsonRule := range jsonRules {
+		parentChain, ok := jsonVal[string](jsonRule, "chain")
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected JSON output from nft (rule with no chain)")
+		}
 		rule := &Rule{
-			Chain: chain,
+			Chain: parentChain,
 		}
 
 		// handle is written as an integer in nft's output, but json.Unmarshal
@@ -404,7 +428,7 @@ func (nft *realNFTables) ListElements(ctx context.Context, objectType, name stri
 	return elements, nil
 }
 
-// parseElementValue parses a JSON element key/value, handling concatenations, and
+// parseElementValue parses a JSON element key/value, handling concatenations, prefixes, and
 // converting numeric or "verdict" values to strings.
 func parseElementValue(json interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 	// json can be:
@@ -413,6 +437,14 @@ func parseElementValue(json interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 	//
 	//   - a single number, e.g. 80
 	//
+	//   - a prefix, expressed as an object:
+	//     {
+	//       "prefix": {
+	//         "addr": "192.168.0.0",
+	//         "len": 16,
+	//       }
+	//     }
+	//
 	//   - a concatenation, expressed as an object containing an array of simple
 	//     values:
 	//        {
@@ -452,6 +484,17 @@ func parseElementValue(json interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 				}
 			}
 			return vals, nil
+		} else if prefix, _ := jsonVal[map[string]interface{}](val, "prefix"); prefix != nil {
+			// For prefix-type elements, return the element in CIDR representation.
+			addr, ok := jsonVal[string](prefix, "addr")
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse 'addr' value as string: %q", prefix)
+			}
+			length, ok := jsonVal[float64](prefix, "len")
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not parse 'len' value as number: %q", prefix)
+			}
+			return []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", addr, int(length))}, nil
 		} else if len(val) == 1 {
 			var verdict string
 			// We just checked that len(val) == 1, so this loop body will only
diff --git a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/transaction.go b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/transaction.go
index 75ea2be5318..3063637ada9 100644
--- a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/transaction.go
+++ b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/knftables/transaction.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package knftables
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 )
 
 // Transaction represents an nftables transaction
@@ -48,17 +47,16 @@ const (
 	flushVerb   verb = "flush"
 )
 
-// asCommandBuf returns the transaction as an io.Reader that outputs a series of nft commands
-func (tx *Transaction) asCommandBuf() (io.Reader, error) {
+// populateCommandBuf populates the transaction as series of nft commands to the given bytes.Buffer.
+func (tx *Transaction) populateCommandBuf(buf *bytes.Buffer) error {
 	if tx.err != nil {
-		return nil, tx.err
+		return tx.err
 	}
 
-	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	for _, op := range tx.operations {
 		op.obj.writeOperation(op.verb, tx.nftContext, buf)
 	}
-	return buf, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 // String returns the transaction as a string containing the nft commands; if there is
@@ -76,6 +74,11 @@ func (tx *Transaction) String() string {
 	return buf.String()
 }
 
+// NumOperations returns the number of operations queued in the transaction.
+func (tx *Transaction) NumOperations() int {
+	return len(tx.operations)
+}
+
 func (tx *Transaction) operation(verb verb, obj Object) {
 	if tx.err != nil {
 		return