diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7ab8af2d..da4b9fce 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.21
 require (
 	github.com/ahmetb/gen-crd-api-reference-docs v0.3.0
 	github.com/gardener/cert-management v0.10.1
-	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.87.0
+	github.com/gardener/gardener v1.87.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.13.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.29.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2fab03eb..692fbd7d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ github.com/gardener/cert-management v0.10.1 h1:Y4YYYEaW4SSwPL4OYOqn/HgMekKtSVQ6n
 github.com/gardener/cert-management v0.10.1/go.mod h1:STtKapgvQVb1gdzLAaBwYXsnlaYzgZXEiMYZO5wWXFE=
 github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.22.0 h1:DVe+Zjrb93r9vI1uUiCTMHBffIUoMAKhNzFZNC6hsQ8=
 github.com/gardener/etcd-druid v0.22.0/go.mod h1:FROhfVKyWBo4krlPe3R6FIhJRmOmijEWBdEeUP0CJjE=
-github.com/gardener/gardener v1.87.0 h1:aCZuGdQ5HS9u3xuVJsj2EpOJlcDtNqoNvzHaHTZgjtM=
-github.com/gardener/gardener v1.87.0/go.mod h1:MNqPkSxLD2w+HeIP56JnZbZtaqPnDb4hSRl3JWEZTWU=
+github.com/gardener/gardener v1.87.1 h1:TZ8I13CF7vZ0Z+9xD2504G/HjIn6k0aq+29xoNCojRY=
+github.com/gardener/gardener v1.87.1/go.mod h1:MNqPkSxLD2w+HeIP56JnZbZtaqPnDb4hSRl3JWEZTWU=
 github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.5.0 h1:f4F3O7YUrenwh4S3TgPREPiB287JjjUiUL18OqPLyAA=
 github.com/gardener/hvpa-controller/api v0.5.0/go.mod h1:QQl3ELkCaki+8RhXl0FZMfvnm0WCGwGJlGmrxJj6lvM=
 github.com/gardener/machine-controller-manager v0.50.0 h1:3dcQjzueFU1TGgprV00adjb3OCR99myTBx8DQGxywks=