diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5d347a2a6..0a12f5e21 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ retract (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.15.0
+	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.16.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0b98c645a..eeeb18f26 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK3
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
-github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.15.0 h1:7NxJhNiBT3NG8pZJ3c+yfrVdHY8ScgKD27sScgjLMMk=
-github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.15.0/go.mod h1:DHp1WyrLeiBh19Cf/tfiSMhqheEiK8fXFZ4No0P1Hso=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.16.0 h1:+BiEnHL6Z7lXnlGUsXQPPAE7+kenAd4ES8MQ5min0Ok=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.16.0/go.mod h1:L7u2Blt2jMM/vLAVgjxluxtBKlz3/GWjB0dMOEngfwE=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
@@ -25,10 +25,18 @@ github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.20.0 h1:bkypFPDjIYGfCYD5mRBvpqxfYX1
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.20.0/go.mod h1:P+Lt/0by1T8bfcF3z737NnSbmxQAppXMRziHUxPOC8k=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 h1:5tqGy27NaOTB8yJKUZELlFAS/LTKJkrmONwQKeRZfjY=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
+github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0 h1:uuaP0hAbW7Y4l0ZRQ6C9zfb7Mg1mbFKry/xzDAfmtLA=
+github.com/josharian/native v1.1.0/go.mod h1:7X/raswPFr05uY3HiLlYeyQntB6OO7E/d2Cu7qoaN2w=
+github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.0.1 h1:xda7qaHDSVOsADNouv7ukSuicKZO7GgVUCXxpaIEIlM=
+github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:7MoNYNbb3UaDHtF8udiJo/RH6VsTKP1pqKLUTVCvToE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
+github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.2 h1:/UtM3ofJap7Vl4QWCPDGXY8d3GIY2UGSDbK+QWmY8/g=
+github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.7.2/go.mod h1:xraEF7uJbxLhc5fpHL4cPe221LI2bdttWlU+ZGLfQSw=
+github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.4.1 h1:eM9y2/jlbs1M615oshPQOHZzj6R6wMT7bX5NPiQvn2U=
+github.com/mdlayher/socket v0.4.1/go.mod h1:cAqeGjoufqdxWkD7DkpyS+wcefOtmu5OQ8KuoJGIReA=
 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/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
@@ -99,6 +107,8 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230224173230-c95f2b4c22f2 h1:Jvc7gsqn21cJHCmAWx0LiimpP
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230224173230-c95f2b4c22f2/go.mod h1:CxIveKay+FTh1D0yPZemJVgC/95VzuuOLq5Qi4xnoYc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 h1:soB7SVo0PWrY4vPW/+ay0jKDNScG2X9wFeYlXIvJsOQ=
 golang.org/x/net v0.26.0/go.mod h1:5YKkiSynbBIh3p6iOc/vibscux0x38BZDkn8sCUPxHE=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 h1:YsImfSBoP9QPYL0xyKJPq0gcaJdG3rInoqxTWbfQu9M=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 h1:RI27ohtqKCnwULzJLqkv897zojh5/DwS/ENaMzUOaWI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 h1:a94ExnEXNtEwYLGJSIUxnWoxoRz/ZcCsV63ROupILh4=
diff --git a/internal/pkg/instrumentation/utils/ebpf.go b/internal/pkg/instrumentation/utils/ebpf.go
index 83214d5c8..1db6788d1 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/instrumentation/utils/ebpf.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/instrumentation/utils/ebpf.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ func InitializeEBPFCollection(spec *ebpf.CollectionSpec, opts *ebpf.CollectionOp
 	// Getting full verifier log is expensive, so we only do it if the user explicitly asks for it.
 	showVerifierLogs := shouldShowVerifierLogs()
 	if showVerifierLogs {
-		opts.Programs.LogSize = ebpf.DefaultVerifierLogSize * 10000
 		opts.Programs.LogLevel = ebpf.LogLevelInstruction | ebpf.LogLevelBranch | ebpf.LogLevelStats
 	}