diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7a8e126d4..b04c1537e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module k8s.io/ingress-nginx
 go 1.24.3
 
 require (
-	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1
+	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2
 	github.com/armon/go-proxyproto v0.1.0
 	github.com/eapache/channels v1.1.0
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index de51f9281..fee49cfff 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1 h1:Ra4+bf83h2ztPIQYNP99R6m+Y7KfnARDfID+a+vLl4s=
-dario.cat/mergo v1.0.1/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2 h1:85+piFYR1tMbRrLcDwR18y4UKJ3aH1Tbzi24VRW1TK8=
+dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2/go.mod h1:E/hbnu0NxMFBjpMIE34DRGLWqDy0g5FuKDhCb31ngxA=
 github.com/Anddd7/pb v0.0.0-20240516033506-f3934fdc18bd h1:kj2kbbayjD7FrXX5JdnzHGOOi7KbWCdA2X1kefdV3dA=
 github.com/Anddd7/pb v0.0.0-20240516033506-f3934fdc18bd/go.mod h1:vYWKbnXd2KAZHUECLPzSE0Er3FgiEmOdPtxwSIRihck=
 github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c h1:udKWzYgxTojEKWjV8V+WSxDXJ4NFATAsZjh8iIbsQIg=