diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 080cccf49a..21637be7b2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/giantswarm/aws-operator/v16
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s v1.17.1
+	github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s v1.18.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.12
 	github.com/blang/semver v3.5.1+incompatible
 	github.com/dylanmei/iso8601 v0.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7392d3da4e..2166dae6e2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e/go.mod h1:3U/XgcO3hC
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da/go.mod h1:Q73ZrmVTwzkszR9V5SSuryQ31EELlFMUz1kKyl939pY=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/aryann/difflib v0.0.0-20170710044230-e206f873d14a/go.mod h1:DAHtR1m6lCRdSC2Tm3DSWRPvIPr6xNKyeHdqDQSQT+A=
-github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s v1.17.1 h1:pF+AmlGbgK8/e58LbtOsLUzDy2hqI8Ug/D8Xxx7+Sis=
-github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s v1.17.1/go.mod h1:fNfKsEUNrAj+046SGML0UQWLcsF7hAsKRqnvwIcflvw=
+github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s v1.18.0 h1:mXj0+8daM6u8w3hNSWxz8vDUgyghY9i0Q/hKQ4LP1o8=
+github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s v1.18.0/go.mod h1:vcOsBeylZvpr6ZHn24Kp30WyNH1GMnSUAk1yTAgwpq0=
 github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go v1.13.3/go.mod h1:4UKl9IzQMoD+QF79YdCuzCwp8VbmG4VAQwij/eHl5CU=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.27.0/go.mod h1:KmX6BPdI08NWTb3/sm4ZGu5ShLoqVDhKgpiN924inxo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.12 h1:DvuhIHZXwnjaR1/Gu19gUe1EGPw4J0qSJw4Qs/5PA8g=