diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3759e4f58..363779167 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery
 go 1.23.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/jaypipes/ghw v0.13.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 78226fac9..4b43d83b7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser v2.0.0+incompatible h1:cHD53+PLQuuQyLZeriD1V/esu
 github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:MhmAMZ8V4CYH4ybgdRwPr2TU5ThnS43puaKEMpja1uw=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 h1:NFTV2Zj1bL4mc9sqWACXbQFVBBg2W3GPvqp8/ESS2Wg=
 github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4/go.mod h1:m8KPJKqk1gH5J9DgRY2ASl2lWCfGKXixSwevea8zH2U=
-github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=
-github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0 h1:dAwr6QBTBZIkG8roQaJjGof0pp0EeF+tNV7YBP3F/8M=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:8jBTzvmWwFyi3Pb8djgCCO5IBqzKJ/Jwo8TRcHyHii0=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 h1:iM5WgngdRBanHcxugY4JySA0nk1wZorNOpTgCMedv5E=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:pxXPTn3joSm21Gbwsv0w9OSA2y1HFR9qXEeXQVeNoDQ=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=