diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4e5c357659..ab8ceae52a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit v0.11.0
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1
 	github.com/safchain/ethtool v0.7.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.12.0
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.4.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20251219203646-944ab1f22d93
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f // indirect
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/siebenmann/go-kstat v0.0.0-20210513183136-173c9b0a9973 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 054d516c1d..4cdcc08275 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f h1:KUppIJq7/+
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.15.1 h1:ERxeh5caJvCzNAKdI8WQbJmB1LDTn4BuaAg8wihLBpA=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.15.1/go.mod h1:LenyElirjUHszfxrjuFqC85HIeXZKumHcKMQtnaDlQQ=
-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus-community/go-runit v0.1.0 h1:uTWEj/Fn2RoLdfg/etSqwzgYNOYPrARx1BHUN052tGA=
 github.com/prometheus-community/go-runit v0.1.0/go.mod h1:AvJ9Jo3gAFu2lbM4+qfjdpq30FfiLDJZKbQ015u08IQ=
@@ -99,8 +98,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.12.0 h1:K6Mr6jO9JICuend/5xzTM03ydSV3vdNRYAdPSukj8uI=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.12.0/go.mod h1:bOYBZb5qJ00vPzWfIqBUZPaxK8jWiXc6d3ErP4Ca9Gw=
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.4.0 h1:7H0uAN+7RkwWRaxhYXDLqa5V3LPrJeV8wmD9dRUgPQU=
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.4.0/go.mod h1:8mTNWyog7H+MpKijp4VmKJAd2bbYQ2zuUwkYRbUArPI=
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.12.0 h1:NR85qdvHA9pFse3x3weVZ0r0ST8R6l5RHbZrlRaqob4=