diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6a364c4d..77cf869d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/giantswarm/microerror v0.4.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/microkit v1.0.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/micrologger v1.0.0
-	github.com/giantswarm/operatorkit/v7 v7.1.0
+	github.com/giantswarm/operatorkit/v8 v8.0.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.17.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.17.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.25.2