diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index 3781b28a6..d559bc396 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.20
 replace sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-operator => ../
 
 require (
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.28.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.27.5
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 27fd59236..f85524614 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@ github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8m
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20161129095857-cc309e4a2223/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:CirwcVhetQ6Lv90oh/F+FBtV6XMibvdAFo93nm5qn4U=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0 h1:UIVDowFPwpg6yMUpPjGkYvf06K3RAiJXUhCxEwQVHRI=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:ZNEzXISYlqpb8S36iN71ifqLi3vVD1rVJGvWRCJOUpQ=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.1 h1:uHNEO1RP2SpuZApSkel9nEh1/Mu+hmQe7Q+Pepg5OYA=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.1/go.mod h1:TE309ZR8s5FsKKpuB1YAQYBzCaAfUgatB/xlT/ETL/o=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.28.0 h1:i2rg/p9n/UqIDAMFUJ6qIUUMcsqOuUHgbpbu235Vr1c=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.28.0/go.mod h1:A1H2JE76sI14WIP57LMKj7FVfCHx3g3BcZVjJG8bjX8=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=