diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 960b25ea3..562141e08 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/kong/gateway-operator
 
 go 1.22.7
-
-toolchain go1.23.2
-
 // 1.2.2 was released on main branch with a breaking change that was not
 // intended to be released in 1.2.x:
 // https://github.com/Kong/gateway-operator/commit/3876430e09e61edce58bd8464989e33236bd1872
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.2
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
-	github.com/kong/kubernetes-configuration v0.0.41
+	github.com/kong/kubernetes-configuration v0.0.43
 	github.com/kong/kubernetes-telemetry v0.1.7
 	github.com/kong/kubernetes-testing-framework v0.47.2
 	github.com/kong/semver/v4 v4.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fc3227f09..390dcf2ca 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 h1:6KIumPrER1LHsvBVuDa0r5xaG0Es51mhhB9BQB2
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9/go.mod h1:Di0epgTjJY877eYKx5yC51cX2A2Vl2ibi7bDH9ttBbw=
 github.com/kong/go-kong v0.59.1 h1:AJZtyCD+Zyqe/mF/m+x3/qN/GPVxAH7jq9zGJTHRfjc=
 github.com/kong/go-kong v0.59.1/go.mod h1:8Vt6HmtgLNgL/7bSwAlz3DIWqBtzG7qEt9+OnMiQOa0=
-github.com/kong/kubernetes-configuration v0.0.41 h1:ELdPFCpN8+VmWU2eEL8kj+8PzaMYYAlKfVJDXA13pTw=
-github.com/kong/kubernetes-configuration v0.0.41/go.mod h1:zo835UJG2Rd9M8OcdkrbbelHLXsjh8fg71P77PZX2iU=
+github.com/kong/kubernetes-configuration v0.0.43 h1:CzMP38+aMjhRTsE+xwAbq2I3nXgWvLlxhcoUZ4BQ+LY=
+github.com/kong/kubernetes-configuration v0.0.43/go.mod h1:ym++Oygj/wZjaCanK8a+mjZ1jttPF7gPP1OBV0aqI00=
 github.com/kong/kubernetes-telemetry v0.1.7 h1:R4NUpvbF5uZ+5kgSQsIcf/oulRBGQCHsffFRDE4wxV4=
 github.com/kong/kubernetes-telemetry v0.1.7/go.mod h1:USy5pcD1+Mm9NtKuz3Pb/rSx71VN76gHCFhdbAB4/lg=
 github.com/kong/kubernetes-testing-framework v0.47.2 h1:+2Z9anTpbV/hwNeN+NFQz53BMU+g3QJydkweBp3tULo=