diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 66b30dcb..8cf6b7bf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/apis v1.143.2
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.29.0
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.31.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.41.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f3a08873..91e0e087 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+W
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.11.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5 h1:8xi0RTUf59SOSfEtZMvwTvXYMzG4gV23XVHOZiXNtnE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5/go.mod h1:+E8gABHa3K6zRBolWtd+ROzc/U5bkGt0FwiG042wbpU=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.29.0 h1:rfh+ZFjgJhYWRoIqVf3Uwx/W20yLrcrE2h2GmYVRaag=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.29.0/go.mod h1:+aXOY+vzZ5mu2iI2HpTZUPmM//oQfsNFX6gU9kNcA44=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.31.0 h1:GtuJos5DFUV9EerYJo8RhYxosYNGvOdDE5haKq6Grfs=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.31.0/go.mod h1:+aXOY+vzZ5mu2iI2HpTZUPmM//oQfsNFX6gU9kNcA44=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v0.0.0-20170829124025-dcabb60a477c/go.mod h1:C1qb7wdrVGGVU+Z6iS04AVkA3Q65CEZX59MT0QO5uiA=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.0/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.41.0 h1:OwKp4pXNgVxf6sCplzYo794OFNuoL2q2SBMU5NSWOjA=