diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 181a494a..c5fb8188 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.21.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/ahmetb/gen-crd-api-reference-docs v0.3.0
-	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.80.1
+	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.80.4
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.11.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index aef10edc..fbd673df 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 h1:n+5WquG0fcWoWp6xPWfHdbskMCQaFnG6PfBrh1Ky4
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sl3t1tCWJFWoRz9R8WJCbQihKKwmorjAbSClcnxKAGw=
 github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.19.2 h1:Z8TTbmVUxZ7UWU5iJAwUHUI6A9E5Mfd5JcvokVfYH1A=
 github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.19.2/go.mod h1:0Q9nKPiONDac/Gr0SZYFkVXHGt/Yt//rcRfDIUfftZo=
-github.com/gardener/gardener v1.80.1 h1:VWDqZbf7E9UGWF8wYOtrbsYCXZWKYZ/+uxEY6/fZCiA=
-github.com/gardener/gardener v1.80.1/go.mod h1:6X6NgG25u2qdhrGVndfHJnA8hOc6r/2UwtnJK+/9g2Q=
+github.com/gardener/gardener v1.80.4 h1:2RzENvQ0TuXqLwrCOsVwWFc3B3btSLrj5Uu0HGvOY7A=
+github.com/gardener/gardener v1.80.4/go.mod h1:6X6NgG25u2qdhrGVndfHJnA8hOc6r/2UwtnJK+/9g2Q=
 github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.5.0 h1:f4F3O7YUrenwh4S3TgPREPiB287JjjUiUL18OqPLyAA=
 github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.5.0/go.mod h1:QQl3ELkCaki+8RhXl0FZMfvnm0WCGwGJlGmrxJj6lvM=
 github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.48.1 h1:Oxr5e6gRm7P40Ds4nGlga/0nmfF7cH4rOfjthR6Mm38=
diff --git a/pkg/apis/registry/helper/helper_test.go b/pkg/apis/registry/helper/helper_test.go
index 800cbccc..c050879f 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/registry/helper/helper_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/registry/helper/helper_test.go
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ var _ = Describe("Helpers", func() {
 			"docker.io",
 			false, registry.RegistryCache{},
 		),
-		Entry("no cache with the given upsteam",
+		Entry("no cache with the given upstream",
 			[]registry.RegistryCache{{Upstream: "gcr.io"}, {Upstream: "quay.io"}, {Upstream: "registry.k8s.io"}},
 			"docker.io",
 			false, registry.RegistryCache{},
 		),
-		Entry("with cache with the given upsteam",
+		Entry("with cache with the given upstream",
 			[]registry.RegistryCache{{Upstream: "gcr.io"}, {Upstream: "quay.io"}, {Upstream: "docker.io", Size: &size}, {Upstream: "registry.k8s.io"}},
 			"docker.io",
 			true, registry.RegistryCache{Upstream: "docker.io", Size: &size},
diff --git a/pkg/component/registrycaches/registrycaches.go b/pkg/component/registrycaches/registrycaches.go
index 55130425..9994424f 100644
--- a/pkg/component/registrycaches/registrycaches.go
+++ b/pkg/component/registrycaches/registrycaches.go
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ func computeResourcesDataForRegistryCache(cache *v1alpha1.RegistryCache, image s
 									corev1.ResourceStorage: *cache.Size,
 								},
 							},
+							// We need to explicitly set the spec.storageClassName to default as marking the Gardener managed StorageClass as the default one is configurable on provider extensions side.
+							// For example, for provider-aws see the storage.managedDefaultClass field in the ControlPlaneConfig (https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws/blob/v1.48.0/docs/usage/usage.md#controlplaneconfig).
+							StorageClassName: pointer.String("default"),
 						},
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/pkg/component/registrycaches/registrycaches_test.go b/pkg/component/registrycaches/registrycaches_test.go
index 5c3b8579..2a29dfdb 100644
--- a/pkg/component/registrycaches/registrycaches_test.go
+++ b/pkg/component/registrycaches/registrycaches_test.go
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ spec:
       resources:
         requests:
           storage: ` + size + `
+      storageClassName: default
     status: {}
 status:
   availableReplicas: 0
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 18cce22a..609f31e0 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify
 # github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.19.2
 ## explicit; go 1.20
 github.com/gardener/etcd-druid/api/v1alpha1
-# github.com/gardener/gardener v1.80.1
+# github.com/gardener/gardener v1.80.4
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 github.com/gardener/gardener/.github
 github.com/gardener/gardener/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE