diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 78634cdf4..e6f51b6dc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.24.0
 toolchain go1.24.6
 
 replace (
-	github.com/google/cel-go => github.com/google/cel-go v0.22.0
+	github.com/google/cel-go => github.com/google/cel-go v0.26.1
 	github.com/rancher/rke => github.com/rancher/rke v1.8.4
 	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.32.1
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver => k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.32.1
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	cel.dev/expr v0.19.1 // indirect
+	cel.dev/expr v0.24.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp v0.0.0-20221128193559-754e69321358 // indirect
 	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ad7c7601b..c077e4a9a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-cel.dev/expr v0.19.1 h1:NciYrtDRIR0lNCnH1LFJegdjspNx9fI59O7TWcua/W4=
-cel.dev/expr v0.19.1/go.mod h1:MrpN08Q+lEBs+bGYdLxxHkZoUSsCp0nSKTs0nTymJgw=
+cel.dev/expr v0.24.0 h1:56OvJKSH3hDGL0ml5uSxZmz3/3Pq4tJ+fb1unVLAFcY=
+cel.dev/expr v0.24.0/go.mod h1:hLPLo1W4QUmuYdA72RBX06QTs6MXw941piREPl3Yfiw=
 github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp v0.0.0-20221128193559-754e69321358 h1:mFRzDkZVAjdal+s7s0MwaRv9igoPqLRdzOLzw/8Xvq8=
 github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp v0.0.0-20221128193559-754e69321358/go.mod h1:chxPXzSsl7ZWRAuOIE23GDNzjWuZquvFlgA8xmpunjU=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0 h1:Zog+i5UMtVoCU8oKka5P7i9q9HgrJeGzI9SA1Xbatp0=
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 h1:i7eJL8qZTpSEXOPTxNKhASYpMn+8e5Q6AdndVa1dWek
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4/go.mod h1:lnTiLA8Wa4RWRcIUkrtSVa5nRhsEGBg48fD6rSs7xps=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.1 h1:gK4Kx5IaGY9CD5sPJ36FHiBJ6ZXl0kilRiiCj+jdYp4=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.1/go.mod h1:xXMiIv4Fb/0kKde4SpL7qlzvu5cMJDRkFDxJfI9uaxA=
-github.com/google/cel-go v0.22.0 h1:b3FJZxpiv1vTMo2/5RDUqAHPxkT8mmMfJIrq1llbf7g=
-github.com/google/cel-go v0.22.0/go.mod h1:BuznPXXfQDpXKWQ9sPW3TzlAJN5zzFe+i9tIs0yC4s8=
+github.com/google/cel-go v0.26.1 h1:iPbVVEdkhTX++hpe3lzSk7D3G3QSYqLGoHOcEio+UXQ=
+github.com/google/cel-go v0.26.1/go.mod h1:A9O8OU9rdvrK5MQyrqfIxo1a0u4g3sF8KB6PUIaryMM=
 github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.9 h1:MU/8wDLif2qCXZmzncUQ/BOfxWfthHi63KqpoNbWqVw=
 github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.9/go.mod h1:CiWsm0s6BSQd1hRn8/QmxqB6BesYcbSZxsz9b0KuDBw=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=