diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fce04dad..dc7d26e2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/mount-utils v0.31.0
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fd49c2d3..f0977888 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ k8s.io/mount-utils v0.31.0 h1:o+a+n6gyZ7MGc6bIERU3LeFTHbLDBiVReaDpWlJotUE=
 k8s.io/mount-utils v0.31.0/go.mod h1:HV/VYBUGqYUj4vt82YltzpWvgv8FPg0G9ItyInT3NPU=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8 h1:pUdcCO1Lk/tbT5ztQWOBi5HBgbBP1J8+AsQnQCKsi8A=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758 h1:sdbE21q2nlQtFh65saZY+rRM6x6aJJI8IUa1AmH/qa0=
+k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 h1:150L+0vs/8DA78h1u02ooW1/fFq/Lwr+sGiqlzvrtq4=
diff --git a/vendor/k8s.io/utils/clock/testing/fake_clock.go b/vendor/k8s.io/utils/clock/testing/fake_clock.go
index 79e11deb..462c40c2 100644
--- a/vendor/k8s.io/utils/clock/testing/fake_clock.go
+++ b/vendor/k8s.io/utils/clock/testing/fake_clock.go
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ type fakeClockWaiter struct {
 	stepInterval  time.Duration
 	skipIfBlocked bool
 	destChan      chan time.Time
-	fired         bool
 	afterFunc     func()
 }
 
@@ -198,12 +197,10 @@ func (f *FakeClock) setTimeLocked(t time.Time) {
 			if w.skipIfBlocked {
 				select {
 				case w.destChan <- t:
-					w.fired = true
 				default:
 				}
 			} else {
 				w.destChan <- t
-				w.fired = true
 			}
 
 			if w.afterFunc != nil {
@@ -305,44 +302,48 @@ func (f *fakeTimer) C() <-chan time.Time {
 	return f.waiter.destChan
 }
 
-// Stop stops the timer and returns true if the timer has not yet fired, or false otherwise.
+// Stop prevents the Timer from firing. It returns true if the call stops the
+// timer, false if the timer has already expired or been stopped.
 func (f *fakeTimer) Stop() bool {
 	f.fakeClock.lock.Lock()
 	defer f.fakeClock.lock.Unlock()
 
+	active := false
 	newWaiters := make([]*fakeClockWaiter, 0, len(f.fakeClock.waiters))
 	for i := range f.fakeClock.waiters {
 		w := f.fakeClock.waiters[i]
 		if w != &f.waiter {
 			newWaiters = append(newWaiters, w)
+			continue
 		}
+		// If timer is found, it has not been fired yet.
+		active = true
 	}
 
 	f.fakeClock.waiters = newWaiters
 
-	return !f.waiter.fired
+	return active
 }
 
-// Reset resets the timer to the fake clock's "now" + d. It returns true if the timer has not yet
-// fired, or false otherwise.
+// Reset changes the timer to expire after duration d. It returns true if the
+// timer had been active, false if the timer had expired or been stopped.
 func (f *fakeTimer) Reset(d time.Duration) bool {
 	f.fakeClock.lock.Lock()
 	defer f.fakeClock.lock.Unlock()
 
-	active := !f.waiter.fired
+	active := false
 
-	f.waiter.fired = false
 	f.waiter.targetTime = f.fakeClock.time.Add(d)
 
-	var isWaiting bool
 	for i := range f.fakeClock.waiters {
 		w := f.fakeClock.waiters[i]
 		if w == &f.waiter {
-			isWaiting = true
+			// If timer is found, it has not been fired yet.
+			active = true
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	if !isWaiting {
+	if !active {
 		f.fakeClock.waiters = append(f.fakeClock.waiters, &f.waiter)
 	}
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 4d390cac..f8da9c78 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2/internal/sloghandler
 # k8s.io/mount-utils v0.31.0
 ## explicit; go 1.22.0
 k8s.io/mount-utils
-# k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240711033017-18e509b52bc8
+# k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241210054802-24370beab758
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 k8s.io/utils/clock
 k8s.io/utils/clock/testing