diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 70b4bbd7c..dde19522b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ironcore-dev/ironcore v0.2.4
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2
-	github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20260116110244-dee8151c1378
+	github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20260129131511-4f0cd43323e7
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8229e9432..a8a45e382 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1/go.mod h1:MaRKkUm5W0goXpeCfT7UZI6fk/L7L7
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/sapcc/go-api-declarations v1.18.0 h1:I73wuBKJEAeAI7nYuB4tHY9n9pydj5mgM7Zn+9fryAA=
 github.com/sapcc/go-api-declarations v1.18.0/go.mod h1:N2klk2oDNa1lsS6gUBnCDJedHy/c2vmwJ1sryckRW40=
-github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20260116110244-dee8151c1378 h1:U3J2YOXlCzXpJUiDdIAqSfMhGBaMXUCTXliyLPltI3U=
-github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20260116110244-dee8151c1378/go.mod h1:PTOltBW0r8IPP4rZZWPkykuB2vVAFVdCo1A914IyAE0=
+github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20260129131511-4f0cd43323e7 h1:bzaPSr8EnpuOKMIp2q1DDfZ+gz3muiFbeTZL+ZujRIg=
+github.com/sapcc/go-bits v0.0.0-20260129131511-4f0cd43323e7/go.mod h1:+bCfIYEndVduqyg5HKPq7sKn9TOHtXb0axsaX6v926s=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.4.0 h1:n/SP9D5ad1fORl+llWyN+D6qoUETXNZARKjyY2/KVCw=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.4.0/go.mod h1:A0bzQcvG0E7Rwjx0REVgAGH58e96+X0MeOfepqsbeW4=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=