diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7d7b7d0c..c6bd5936 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.0
 require (
 	github.com/ahmetb/gen-crd-api-reference-docs v0.3.0
 	github.com/gardener/external-dns-management v0.18.6
-	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.98.0
+	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.98.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.19.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d80b3c5e..ed388f70 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.22.0 h1:DVe+Zjrb93r9vI1uUiCTMHBffIUoMAKhNzFZNC
 github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.22.0/go.mod h1:FROhfVKyWBo4krlPe3R6FIhJRmOmijEWBdEeUP0CJjE=
 github.com/gardener/external-dns-management v0.18.6 h1:O7C1PoQSpcW6S0nW1XhaMgZv47f8VNtKO6Gol8G4SXU=
 github.com/gardener/external-dns-management v0.18.6/go.mod h1:uDzjgFUGenOLooiH/CgjhYZP4SHD3Jpmi329B4crCPU=
-github.com/gardener/gardener v1.98.0 h1:tu9ntrn6+rpJw8wscr8+TbDYr2pgQem9KbFw80nIXP8=
-github.com/gardener/gardener v1.98.0/go.mod h1:EfvKbBF53a52Wz16/Qe8hhpTZTaJ/P+CRWRr35BVVq0=
+github.com/gardener/gardener v1.98.1 h1:O109VskjGXU30eEUqdR2sippKC6ZeMhU3ZUvqL1E7m0=
+github.com/gardener/gardener v1.98.1/go.mod h1:EfvKbBF53a52Wz16/Qe8hhpTZTaJ/P+CRWRr35BVVq0=
 github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.15.0 h1:igsalL5Z6kFMn1+Kv1Eq0cRjYW+4oBA1aEY/yDO2QtI=
 github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.15.0/go.mod h1:fqb4wNrQLESDKpm7ppXyCM2Gvx96wRlLL35aH0ge07U=
 github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.53.0 h1:g2O0F7nEYZ9LjyPY6Gew8+q0n+rU88deexNq5k8CKks=