diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 485ef3df9..75c25c3b2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/nginxinc/nginx-prometheus-exporter v1.3.0
 	github.com/nginxinc/telemetry-exporter v0.1.2
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.60.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0e62fe42f..ea6f76eca 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ github.com/nginxinc/telemetry-exporter v0.1.2 h1:97vUGhQYgQ2KEsXKCBmr5gqfuujJCKP
 github.com/nginxinc/telemetry-exporter v0.1.2/go.mod h1:eKa/Ceh9irmyZ1xV2QxBIxduIyVC5RlmtiWwcTlHuMg=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0 h1:Yed107/8DjTr0lKCNt7Dn8yQ6ybuDRQoMGrNFKzMfHg=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0/go.mod h1:7Du3c42kxCUegi0IImZ1wUQzMBVecgIHjR1C+NkhLQo=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1 h1:Cwbd75ZBPxFSuZ6T+rN/WCb/gOc6YgFBXLlZLhC7Ds4=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0 h1:Pb12RlruUtj4XUuPUqeEWc6j5DkVVVA49Uf6YLfC95Y=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index 0a32c7430..c815cf38a 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ replace github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-fabric => ../
 require (
 	github.com/nginxinc/nginx-gateway-fabric v0.0.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.60.1
 	github.com/tsenart/vegeta/v12 v12.12.0
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
index 6840e6763..b5a57fb51 100644
--- a/tests/go.sum
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f h1:y5//uYreIhSUg3J
 github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f/go.mod h1:ZdcZmHo+o7JKHSa8/e818NopupXU1YMK5fe1lsApnBw=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0 h1:Yed107/8DjTr0lKCNt7Dn8yQ6ybuDRQoMGrNFKzMfHg=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0/go.mod h1:7Du3c42kxCUegi0IImZ1wUQzMBVecgIHjR1C+NkhLQo=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1 h1:Cwbd75ZBPxFSuZ6T+rN/WCb/gOc6YgFBXLlZLhC7Ds4=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0 h1:Pb12RlruUtj4XUuPUqeEWc6j5DkVVVA49Uf6YLfC95Y=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=