diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 189a7be94c7..ad5d35420e6 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/addlicense v1.1.1
 	github.com/google/ko v0.15.2
 	github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser v1.24.0
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.16.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 )
 
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 336724c4dad..76158215d71 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -845,8 +845,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.1/go.mod h1:zj2OWP4+oCPe1qIXoGWkgMRwljMUYCdkwsT2108
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.4 h1:29JGrr5oVBm5ulCWet69zQkzWipVXIol6ygQUe/EzNc=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.4/go.mod h1:dX+/inL/fNMqNlz0e9LfyB9TswhZpCVdJM/Z6Vvnwo0=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.1.3/go.mod h1:vw5CSIxN1JObi/U8gcbwft7ZxR2dgaR70JSE3/PpL4c=
-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 v1.7.1/go.mod h1:XdKZgCCFLUoM/7CFJVPcG8C1xQ1AJ0vpAezJrB7JYyY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1ybHNo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.17.0/go.mod h1:HnhC7FXeEQY45zxNK3PPoIUhzk/80Xly9PcubAlGdZY=