diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f24633494194..f836b491e477 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20240926013127-c4843b746d24
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4
-	sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v0.36.7
+	sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v0.36.8
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9c0336ce5878..7b08f2ada427 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -750,8 +750,8 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4 h1:87+guW1zhvuPLh1PHybKdYFLU0YJp4FhJRmiHv
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4/go.mod h1:TVoGrfdpbA9VRFaRnKgk9P5/atA0pMwq+f+msb9M8Sg=
 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/karpenter v0.36.7 h1:8kBLbY4al0Knqxz4HUDLZdpMNRefI6lF/pFUOYyxf8M=
-sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v0.36.7/go.mod h1:tY8gLA51mSQkzh/URUUm3cAqHoZ0kqHR/VqWIo9ZEFg=
+sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v0.36.8 h1:b0wPCWbdWBOPz0qn4zFgwJqsBlBhVpKSygnMKfB+tMY=
+sigs.k8s.io/karpenter v0.36.8/go.mod h1:tY8gLA51mSQkzh/URUUm3cAqHoZ0kqHR/VqWIo9ZEFg=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1/go.mod h1:N8hJocpFajUSSeSJ9bOZ77VzejKZaXsTtZo4/u7Io08=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0 h1:Mk1wCc2gy/F0THH0TAp1QYyJNzRm2KCLy3o5ASXVI5E=