diff --git a/lifecycle-operator/go.mod b/lifecycle-operator/go.mod
index 65d7a24895..66846f830a 100644
--- a/lifecycle-operator/go.mod
+++ b/lifecycle-operator/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
 	github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/keptn-cert-manager v0.0.0-20240319133656-ce8192f64000
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0
diff --git a/lifecycle-operator/go.sum b/lifecycle-operator/go.sum
index e8ea4c3c3d..9202c2f748 100644
--- a/lifecycle-operator/go.sum
+++ b/lifecycle-operator/go.sum
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9G
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq1c1nUAm88MOHcQC9l5mIlSMApZMrHA=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0 h1:79HwNRBAZHOEwrczrgSOPy+eFTTlIGELKy5as+ClttY=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0/go.mod h1:HlxMHtYF57y6Dpf+mc5529KKmSq9h2FpCF+/ZkwUxKM=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0 h1:7q1w9frJDzninhXxjZd+Y/x54XNjG/UlRLIYPZafsPM=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0/go.mod h1:llBI3WDLL9Z6taip6f33H76YcWtJv+7R3HigUjbIBOs=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1 h1:KYppCUK+bUgAZwHOu7EXVBKyQA6ILvOESHkn/tgoqvo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1/go.mod h1:y40C95dwAD1Nz36SsEnxvfFe8FFfNxzI5eJ0EYGyAy0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
diff --git a/scheduler/go.mod b/scheduler/go.mod
index 77d18fd8a8..8090bed81d 100644
--- a/scheduler/go.mod
+++ b/scheduler/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220609170525-579cf78fd858 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.16.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.17.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.8 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240123012728-ef4313101c80 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240123012728-ef4313101c80 // indirect
diff --git a/scheduler/go.sum b/scheduler/go.sum
index 14f3815f25..91655cf733 100644
--- a/scheduler/go.sum
+++ b/scheduler/go.sum
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 h1:nPr65rt6Y5JFSKQO7qToXr7pePgD6Gwiw05lkbyAQTE=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8/go.mod h1:+ncqLTQzXmGhMZNUePPaPqPvBxHAIsmXswZKocGu+AU=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5 h1:8xi0RTUf59SOSfEtZMvwTvXYMzG4gV23XVHOZiXNtnE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5/go.mod h1:+E8gABHa3K6zRBolWtd+ROzc/U5bkGt0FwiG042wbpU=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0 h1:79HwNRBAZHOEwrczrgSOPy+eFTTlIGELKy5as+ClttY=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0/go.mod h1:HlxMHtYF57y6Dpf+mc5529KKmSq9h2FpCF+/ZkwUxKM=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0 h1:7q1w9frJDzninhXxjZd+Y/x54XNjG/UlRLIYPZafsPM=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0/go.mod h1:llBI3WDLL9Z6taip6f33H76YcWtJv+7R3HigUjbIBOs=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1 h1:KYppCUK+bUgAZwHOu7EXVBKyQA6ILvOESHkn/tgoqvo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.31.1/go.mod h1:y40C95dwAD1Nz36SsEnxvfFe8FFfNxzI5eJ0EYGyAy0=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
@@ -578,8 +578,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.1.2/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.5/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.16.1 h1:TLyB3WofjdOEepBHAU20JdNC1Zbg87elYofWYAY5oZA=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.16.1/go.mod h1:kYVVN6I1mBNoB1OX+noeBjbRk4IUEPa7JJ+TJMEooJ0=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.17.0 h1:FvmRgNOcs3kOa+T20R1uhfP9F6HgG2mfxDv1vrx1Htc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.17.0/go.mod h1:xsh6VxdV005rRVaS6SSAf9oiAqljS7UZUacMZ8Bnsps=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=